A fair coin is tossed 6 times. Given that at least 2 heads occurred, the probability of exactly 3 heads is:

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

  1. Step 1: .
  2. Step 2: .
  3. Step 3: .
Answer
.
Why not the others: ignores the condition; and use the wrong conditioning event, since is and is .

Practise more Probability, Binomial and Normal Distributions.

Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Victorian VCE mock tests.