Statistics And Probability Question 85

Question: A fair coin is tossed 99 times. If X is the number of times head occurs, $ P(X=r) $ is maximum when r is

Options:

A) 49 or 50

B) 50 or 51

C) 51

D) None of these

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Answer:

Correct Answer: A

Solution:

  • [a] Putting n = 99 and $ p=\frac{1}{2} $ , we have $ (n+1)p $ $ =(100)(\frac{1}{2})=50 $ So that the maximum value of $ P(X=r) $ occurs at $ r=(n+1) $ $ P=50 $ and at $ r=(n+1)p-1=49 $