Answer:
x=10 and x-7 is the answer
Step-by-step explanation:
a)2x-7=13
2x=13+7
2x=20
x=20/2
x=10
b)3x+4=25
3x=25-4
3x=21
x=21/3
x=7
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Answer:
a) [tex]x=10[/tex]
b) [tex]x=7[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
a)
2x-7=13
Add 7 to both sides
2x=20
Divide both sides by 2
x=10
b)
3x+4=25
Subtract 4 from both sides
3x=21
Divide both sides by 3
x=7
In an office complex of 1110 employees, on any given day some are at work and the rest are absent. It is known that if an employee is at work today, there is an 77% chance that she will be at work tomorrow, and if the employee is absent today, there is a 54% chance that she will be absent tomorrow. Suppose that today there are 899 employees at work.
Required:
a. Find the transition matrix for this scenario.
b. Predict the number that will be at work five days from now.
c. Find the steady-state vector.
Answer:
B
Step-by-step explanation:
Write the Algebraic expression for each of the following.
1. Sum of 35 and 65
2. Take away 14 from y
3. Subtract 3 from the product of 6 and s
4. 10 times the sum of x and 8 5. Take away p from 6
Step-by-step explanation:
1. 35 + 65
2. y - 14
3. (6 x s) - 3
4. 10(x+8.5).. 6-p
Let the sample space be
S = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Suppose the outcomes are equally likely. Compute the probability of the event E = 1, 2.
Answer:
probability of the event E = 1/5
Step-by-step explanation:
We are given;
Sample space, S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10},
Number of terms in sample S is;
n(S) = 10
We are given the event; E = {1, 2}
Thus, number of terms in event E is;
n(E) = 2
Now, Probability = favorable outcomes/total outcomes
Thus, the probability of the event E is;
P(E) = n(E)/n(S)
P(E) = 2/10
P(E) = 1/5
If you were having a party and you expect each guest to eat 0.25 pounds of meat, how many pounds of meat should you buy if you expect 30 guest?
Answer:
7.5 pounds
Step-by-step explanation:
30/4=7.5 :)
Which of the following is the graph of y = negative StartRoot x EndRoot + 1?
Answer:
see below
Step-by-step explanation:
y = -sqrt(x) +1
We know that the domain is from 0 to infinity
The range is from 1 to negative infinity
Answer:
b
Step-by-step explanation:
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Write the expression in simplest form 3(5x) + 8(2x)
Answer:
31x[tex]solution \\ 3(5x) + 8(2x) \\ = 3 \times 5x + 8 \times 2x \\ = 15x + 16x \\ = 31x[/tex]
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The expression [tex]3(5x) + 8(2x)[/tex] in simplest form is 31x.
To simplify the expression [tex]3(5x) + 8(2x)[/tex], we can apply the distributive property:
[tex]3(5x) + 8(2x)[/tex]
[tex]= 15x + 16x[/tex]
Combining like terms, we have:
[tex]15x + 16x = 31x[/tex]
Therefore, the expression [tex]3(5x) + 8(2x)[/tex] simplifies to [tex]31x.[/tex]
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What is the rule for the geometric sequence ?
Answer:
Option 3 or 4 is correct depending on the first term and common ratio
aₙ= a₁rⁿ⁻¹
Option 3 in case the first term is 1/2 and common ratio is 972
Option 4 in case the first term is 972 and common ratio is 1/2
Answer:
its D & the next is 7.594
Step-by-step explanation:
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Answer: a) base = 1 ft b) height = 4 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
Set this up as a right triangle where base = x, height = 2x + 2, and hypotenuse (length of the ladder) = 13
Use Pythagorean Theorem to create a quadratic equation, factor, then apply the Zero Product Property to solve for x.
(x)² + (2x + 2)² = 13²
x² + 4x² + 8x + 4 = 169
5x² + 8x - 165 = 0
(5x + 13) (x - 1) = 0
x = -13/5 x = 1
We know that distance cannot be negative so disregard x = -13/5.
The only valid answer is x = 1
base = x --> x = 1
height = 2x + 2 --> 2(1) + 2 = 4
A door delivery florist wishes to estimate the proportion of people in his city that will purchase his flowers. Suppose the true proportion is 0.070.07. If 492492 are sampled, what is the probability that the sample proportion will differ from the population proportion by greater than 0.030.03?
Answer:
The probability that the sample proportion will differ from the population proportion by greater than 0.03 is 0.009.
Step-by-step explanation:
According to the Central limit theorem, if from an unknown population large samples of sizes n > 30, are selected and the sample proportion for each sample is computed then the sampling distribution of sample proportion follows a Normal distribution.
The mean of this sampling distribution of sample proportion is:
[tex]\mu_{\hat p}=p[/tex]
The standard deviation of this sampling distribution of sample proportion is:
[tex]\sigma_{\hat p}=\sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}}[/tex]
As the sample size is large, i.e. n = 492 > 30, the central limit theorem can be used to approximate the sampling distribution of sample proportion by the normal distribution.
The mean and standard deviation of the sampling distribution of sample proportion are:
[tex]\mu_{\hat p}=p=0.07\\\\\sigma_{\hat p}=\sqrt{\frac{p(1-p)}{n}}=\sqrt{\frac{0.07(1-0.07)}{492}}=0.012[/tex]
Compute the probability that the sample proportion will differ from the population proportion by greater than 0.03 as follows:
[tex]P(|\hat p-p|>0.03)=P(|\frac{\hat p-p}{\sigma_{\hat p}}|>\frac{0.03}{0.012})[/tex]
[tex]=P(|Z|>2.61)\\\\=1-P(|Z|\leq 2.61)\\\\=1-P(-2.61\leq Z\leq 2.61)\\\\=1-[P(Z\leq 2.61)-P(Z\leq -2.61)]\\\\=1-0.9955+0.0045\\\\=0.0090[/tex]
Thus, the probability that the sample proportion will differ from the population proportion by greater than 0.03 is 0.009.
UTGENT! I really need help, can anyone help me?
Answer:
x = 3.6
Step-by-step explanation:
By the Postulate of intersecting chords inside a circle.
[tex]x \times 5 = 3 \times 6 \\ 5x = 18 \\ x = \frac{18}{5} \\ x = 3.6 \\ [/tex]
What is the total surface area of the square pyramid 8in 5in
Answer:
A≈166.45 in^2
Step-by-step explanation:
A=a^2+2a√(a2/4+h^2)
a = base = 8 in
h = height = 5 in
A = 8^2+16√(8^2/4+5^2) = 166.449... in^2
224
Step-by-step explanation:
because my teacher said it was right
Translate the words into math symbols. The difference of nine and a number is three. What steps would you take to translate the statement? Check all that apply
Answer:
9-x=3
x=9-3=6
x=6
9-6=3
Answer:
B,C,D,F
Step-by-step explanation:
i took the test and i got it right!!!!
A ladder leans against the side of a house. The angle of elevation of the ladder is 66 degrees, and the top of the ladder is 15 ft above the ground. Find the distance from the bottom of the ladder to the side of the house. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Answer:
x ≈ 6.7 ft
Step-by-step explanation:
We are going to use tan∅ to find our answer:
tan66° = 15/x
xtan66° = 15
x = 15/tan66°
x = 6.67843 ft
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Answer:
C =81.64 cm
Step-by-step explanation:
The circumference is given by
C = 2* pi *r
The radius is 13
C = 2 * 3.14 * 13
C =81.64 cm
Answer:
[tex]= 81.64cm \\ [/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
[tex]c = 2\pi \: r \\ = 2 \times 3.14 \times 13 \\ = 81.64cm[/tex]
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AC =
Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
с
6
B
40°
А
Answer:
5.03
Step-by-step explanation:
Answer:
5.03 = AC
Step-by-step explanation:
Since this is a right triangle, we can use trig functions
tan theta = opp/ adj
tan 40 = AC /6
6 tan 40 = AC
5.034597787 = AC
To the nearest hundredth
5.03 = AC
In march 2011, the pew research center conducted a survey of us adults to determine whether higher education provides students with a good value compared to the cost. pollsters randomly selected 2,142 adults ages 18 and older living in the continental us. a total of 1,052 interviews were completed with respondents contacted by landline telephone and 1,090 with those contacted on their cellular phone. which feature of the sampling plan makes the sample representative of the population?
Answer:
The feature that makes the sample representative of the population is the choice of the contact mode (telephone landline or cellular phone line) with proportions representative of the ages of the subjects to be represented.
Step-by-step explanation:
The feature that makes the sample representative of the population is the choice of the contact mode (telephone landline or cellular phone line) with proportions representative of the ages of the subjects to be represented.
Older people tend to manage with landline phones, while younger people tend to have no landline phones but cell phone. Both groups must be proportionally represented to be representative of an adult population (18 years or older).
You are given an n×n board, where n is an even integer and 2≤n≤30. For how many such boards is it possible to cover the board with T-shaped tiles like the one shown? Each cell of the shape is congruent to one cell on the board.
Answer:
7
Step-by-step explanation:
The number of cells in a tile is 4. If colored alternately, there are 3 of one color and 1 of the alternate color. To balance the coloring, an even number of tiles is needed. Hence the board dimensions must be multiples of 4.
In the given range, there are 7 such boards:
4×4, 8×8, 12×12, 16×16, 20×20, 24×24, and 28×28
Homer and other Greek writers used a literary technique called in medias res. Choose the item below that best
describes what that Latin phrase means and how it works out in a piece of literature.
It means to intercede between two entities, and Homer uses it in the section where Jove and Neptune are talking about what to do
about the Phaeacians having helped Ulysses.
It means in the middle of a race, and Homer's use of it is obvious when Ulysses and his crew are rowing hard to get away from
Polyphemus.
It means in the center of a kingdom, and it's the technique Homer uses when Ulysses has to travel into the city looking for King
Alcinous's palace.
It means in the middle of things, and Homer uses it in the Odyssey at the beginning of the epic because the story starts after the
Trojan War but before Ulysses gets back home.
Answer:
It means in the middle of things, and Homer uses it in the Odyssey at the beginning of the epic because the story starts after the Trojan War but before Ulysses gets back home.
Explanation:
Media res is a Latin phrase that means a situation where the narration starts in the middle of the story. In simple words, it means when a speaker talks about a story, starting with the middle of the plot but before the ending.
Likewise, Homer used this technique in his epic narrative story The Odyssey when he starts the story after the Trojan War and in the middle of the journey bur before the culmination of the story. Media res allows the middle of the plot to be the starting point and then gradually go back and forth in the narration between the past and the current/ situation.
Thus, the correct answer is the last or fourth option.
Given that TU=8x+11 and UV=12x−1, what are x, TU, UV, and TV?
Answer:
x = 3TU = UV = 35TV = 70Step-by-step explanation:
The question lacks the required diagram. Find the diagram attached.
From the diagram, it can be seen that point U is the midpoint of T and V. This means that TU = UV
Given TU=8x+11 and UV=12x−1
8x+11 = 12x -1
8x-12x = -1-11
-4x = -12
x = 3
Since TU = 8x+11
TU = 8(3)+11
TU = 24+11
TU = 35
Also UV = 12x-1
UV = 12(3)-1
UV = 36- 1
UV = 35
TV = TU+UV
TV = 35+35
TV = 70
What are the domain and range of f(x) = 2|x – 4|?
Answer:
Domain: All real numbers or (negative infinity, positive infinity)
Range: [0, positive infinity)
Step-by-step explanation:
Domain; Since all values of x would work for this equation, simply any number could be plugged in. That means the domain would stretch to infinity because there are an infinite amount of inputs and outputs
Range; Even though we have an infinite amount of domain, when we plug in a negative x, anything inside the absolute value will turn positive. Therefore, no output (y) value will ever go below zero, and we have [0, positive infinity).
The distribution of the number of hours of sleep people get per night is unimodal and symmetric with a mean of 6 hours and a standard deviation of 1.5. Using the Empirical Rule, approximately what percentage of people sleep between 6 and 7.5 hours per night
Answer:
Approximately 34% of people sleep between 6 and 7.5 hours per night
Step-by-step explanation:
The Empirical Rule states that, for a normally distributed random variable:
68% of the measures are within 1 standard deviation of the mean.
95% of the measures are within 2 standard deviation of the mean.
99.7% of the measures are within 3 standard deviations of the mean.
In this problem, we have that:
Mean = 6
Standard deviation = 1.5
The normal distribution is symmetric, which means that 50% of the measures are below the mean and 50% are above.
What percentage of people sleep between 6 and 7.5 hours per night
6 is the mean.
7.5 is 1 one standard deviation above the mean.
By the Empirical Rule, of the 50% of the measures that are above the mean, 68% are within 1 standard deviation of the mean(between 6 and 7.5).
0.5*0.68 = 0.34
Approximately 34% of people sleep between 6 and 7.5 hours per night
Find the equation of the line.
Use exact numbers.
y=
Answer:
y = 2x+4
Step-by-step explanation:
First we need to find the slope using two points
(-2,0) and (0,4)
m = (y2-y1)/(x2-x1)
m = (4-0)/(0--2)
= 4/+2
= 2
we have the y intercept which is 4
Using the slope intercept form of the line
y = mx+b where m is the slope and b is the y intercept
y = 2x+4
Given a normal distribution with (mean) μ= 50 and (standard deviation) σ = 4, what is the probability that:__________.
a) x>43
b) x<42
c) x>57.5
d) 42
e) x<40 or x>55
f) 5% of the values are less than what X value?
g) 60% of the values are between what two X values (symmetrically distributed around the mean)?
h) 85% of the values will be above what X value?
Answer:
a) P(x > 43) = 0.9599
b) P(x < 42) = 0.0228
c) P(x > 57.5) = 0.03
d) P(x = 42) = 0.
e) P(x<40 or x>55) = 0.1118
f) 43.42
g) Between 46.64 and 53.36.
h) Above 45.852.
Step-by-step explanation:
When the distribution is normal, we use the z-score formula.
In a set with mean [tex]\mu[/tex] and standard deviation [tex]\sigma[/tex], the zscore of a measure X is given by:
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
The Z-score measures how many standard deviations the measure is from the mean. After finding the Z-score, we look at the z-score table and find the p-value associated with this z-score. This p-value is the probability that the value of the measure is smaller than X, that is, the percentile of X. Subtracting 1 by the pvalue, we get the probability that the value of the measure is greater than X.
In this question, we have that:
[tex]\mu = 50, \sigma = 4[/tex]
a) x>43
This is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 43. So
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]Z = \frac{43 - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]Z = -1.75[/tex]
[tex]Z = -1.75[/tex] has a pvalue of 0.0401
1 - 0.0401 = 0.9599
P(x > 43) = 0.9599
b) x<42
This is the pvalue of Z when X = 42.
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]Z = \frac{42 - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]Z = -2[/tex]
[tex]Z = -2[/tex] has a pvalue of 0.0228
P(x < 42) = 0.0228
c) x>57.5
This is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 57.5. So
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]Z = \frac{57.5 - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]Z = 1.88[/tex]
[tex]Z = 1.88[/tex] has a pvalue of 0.97
1 - 0.97 = 0.03
P(x > 57.5) = 0.03
d) P(x = 42)
In the normal distribution, the probability of an exact value is 0. So
P(x = 42) = 0.
e) x<40 or x>55
x < 40 is the pvalue of Z when X = 40. So
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]Z = \frac{40 - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]Z = -2.5[/tex]
[tex]Z = -2.5[/tex] has a pvalue of 0.0062
x > 55 is 1 subtracted by the pvalue of Z when X = 55. So
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]Z = \frac{55 - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]Z = 1.25[/tex]
[tex]Z = 1.25[/tex] has a pvalue of 0.8944
1 - 0.8944 = 0.1056
0.0062 + 0.1056 = 0.1118
P(x<40 or x>55) = 0.1118
f) 5% of the values are less than what X value?
X is the 5th percentile, which is X when Z has a pvalue of 0.05, so X when Z = -1.645.
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]-1.645 = \frac{X - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]X - 50 = -1.645*4[/tex]
[tex]X = 43.42[/tex]
43.42 is the answer.
g) 60% of the values are between what two X values (symmetrically distributed around the mean)?
Between the 50 - (60/2) = 20th percentile and the 50 + (60/2) = 80th percentile.
20th percentile:
X when Z has a pvalue of 0.2. So X when Z = -0.84.
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]-0.84 = \frac{X - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]X - 50 = -0.84*4[/tex]
[tex]X = 46.64[/tex]
80th percentile:
X when Z has a pvalue of 0.8. So X when Z = 0.84.
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]0.84 = \frac{X - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]X - 50 = 0.84*4[/tex]
[tex]X = 53.36[/tex]
Between 46.64 and 53.36.
h) 85% of the values will be above what X value?
Above the 100 - 85 = 15th percentile, which is X when Z has a pvalue of 0.15. So X when Z = -1.037.
[tex]Z = \frac{X - \mu}{\sigma}[/tex]
[tex]-1.037 = \frac{X - 50}{4}[/tex]
[tex]X - 50 = -1.037*4[/tex]
[tex]X = 45.852[/tex]
Above 45.852.
All the employees of ABC Company are assigned ID numbers. The ID number consists of the first letter of an employee's last name, followed by three numbers. (a) How many possible different ID numbers are there
Answer:
there will be 9 id no. which it contains
Two con terminal angles 3pi/4 negative and positive answer in radians
Answer:
Negative Coterminal: -5π/4
Positive Coterminal: 11π/4
Step-by-step explanation:
The easiest way to find specific (not infinite) coterminal values is to ±2π. When you subtract 2π, you will get a negative coterminal. When you add 2π, you will get a positive coterminal. Keep in mind though that a tan∅ or cot∅ only needs ±π, not ±2π.
Please answer this correctly
Answer:
There are 8 sections and 5 of them are less than 7 so the answer is 5/8 = 62.50%.
Answer:
62.5 percent
Step-by-step explanation:
there are a total of 8 options (2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9) the spinner could land on. 5 of these options are less than 7 (6,5,4,3,2)
5/8 is also 62.5 percent
A man wants to set up a 529 college savings account for his granddaughter. How much would he need to deposit each year into the account in order to have $50,000 saved up for when she goes to college in 17 years, assuming the account earns a 5% return?
Answer:
1937.98
Step-by-step explanation:
In the given question, to find the value to be added per year we will use the formula
P= A. r/n/ (1 +r/n)ⁿ - 1
Here A = 50,000
r (rate of interest) = 5 % or 0.05.
n = 1
t = 17
P = value deposit per year
therefore, P = (50,000 X 0.05)/ (1 +0.05)¹⁷ - 1
P = 2500 / 2.29- 1
= 1937.98 $.
therefore, person has to deposit 1937.98 $ per month.
It is known that the number of hours a student sleeps per night has a normal distribution. The sleeping time in hours of a random sample of 8 students is given below. See Attached Excel for Data. Compute a 98% confidence interval for the true mean time a student sleeps per night and fill in the blanks appropriately. We have 98 % confidence that the true mean time a student sleeps per night is between and hours. (round to 3 decimal places)
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
The question is incomplete. The complete question is:
It is known that the number of hours a student sleeps per night has a normal distribution. The sleeping time in hours of a random sample of 8 students is given below. 7.4, 6.2, 8.5, 6.3, 5.4, 5.5, 6.3, 8.3 Compute a 98% confidence interval for the true mean time a student sleeps per night and fill in the blanks appropriately. We have 98% confidence that the true mean time a student sleeps per night is between _____ and ____ hours. (Keep 3 decimal places)
Solution:
Mean = (7.4 + 6.2 + 8.5 + 6.3 + 5.4 + 5.5 + 6.3 + 8.3)/8 = 6.7375
Standard deviation = √(summation(x - mean)²/n
Summation(x - mean)² = (7.4 - 6.7375)^2 + (6.2 - 6.7375)^2 + (8.5 - 6.7375)^2 + (6.3 - 6.7375)^2 + (5.4 - 6.7375)^2 + (5.5 - 6.7375)^2 + (6.3 - 6.7375)^2 + (8.3 - 6.7375)^2 = 9.97875
Standard deviation = √(9.97875/8
s = 1.12
Confidence interval is written in the form,
(Sample mean - margin of error, sample mean + margin of error)
The sample mean, x is the point estimate for the population mean.
Margin of error = z × s/√n
Where
sample standard deviation
number of samples
From the information given, the population standard deviation is unknown and the sample size is small, hence, we would use the t distribution to find the z score
In order to use the t distribution, we would determine the degree of freedom, df for the sample.
df = n - 1 = 8 - 1 = 7
Since confidence level = 98% = 0.98, α = 1 - CL = 1 - 0.98 = 0.02
α/2 = 0.02/2 = 0.01
the area to the right of z0.01 is 0.01 and the area to the left of z0.01 is 1 - 0.01 = 0.99
Looking at the t distribution table,
z = 2.998
Margin of error = 2.998 × 1.12/√8
= 1.19
the lower limit of this confidence interval is
6.738 - 1.19 = 5.548
the upper limit of this confidence interval is
6.738 + 1.19 = 7.928
We have 98 % confidence that the true mean time a student sleeps per night is between 5.548 hours and 7.928 hours.
Suppose that we want to generate the outcome of the flip of a fair coin, but that all we have at our disposal is a biased coin which lands on heads with some unknown probability p that need not be equal to1/2. Consider the following procedure for accomplishing our task:
1. Flip the coin.
2. Flip the coin again.
3. If both flips land on heads or both land on tails, return to step 1. 4. Let the result of the last flip be the result of the experiment.
(a) Show that the result is equally likely to be either heads or tails.
(b) Could we use a simpler procedure that continues to flip the coin until the last two flips are different and then lets the result be the outcome of the final flip?
Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that;
the following procedure for accomplishing our task are:
1. Flip the coin.
2. Flip the coin again.
From here will know that the coin is first flipped twice
3. If both flips land on heads or both land on tails, it implies that we return to step 1 to start again. this makes the flip to be insignificant since both flips land on heads or both land on tails
But if the outcomes of the two flip are different i.e they did not land on both heads or both did not land on tails , then we will consider such an outcome.
Let the probability of head = p
so P(head) = p
the probability of tail be = (1 - p)
This kind of probability follows a conditional distribution and the probability of getting heads is :
[tex]P( \{Tails, Heads\})|\{Tails, Heads,( Heads ,Tails)\})[/tex]
[tex]= \dfrac{P( \{Tails, Heads\}) \cap \{Tails, Heads,( Heads ,Tails)\})}{ {P( \{Tails, Heads,( Heads ,Tails)\}}}[/tex]
[tex]= \dfrac{P( \{Tails, Heads\}) }{ {P( \{Tails, Heads,( Heads ,Tails)\}}}[/tex]
[tex]= \dfrac{P( \{Tails, Heads\}) } { {P( Tails, Heads) +P( Heads ,Tails)}}[/tex]
[tex]=\dfrac{(1-p)*p}{(1-p)*p+p*(1-p)}[/tex]
[tex]=\dfrac{(1-p)*p}{2(1-p)*p}[/tex]
[tex]=\dfrac{1}{2}[/tex]
Thus; the probability of getting heads is [tex]\dfrac{1}{2}[/tex] which typically implies that the coin is fair
(b) Could we use a simpler procedure that continues to flip the coin until the last two flips are different and then lets the result be the outcome of the final flip?
For a fair coin (0<p<1) , it's certain that both heads and tails at the end of the flip.
The procedure that is talked about in (b) illustrates that the procedure gives head if and only if the first flip comes out tail with probability 1 - p.
Likewise , the procedure gives tail if and and only if the first flip comes out head with probability of p.
In essence, NO, procedure (b) does not give a fair coin flip outcome.