1 votes 1 votes A coin is flipped n times. Assuming that the flips are independent, with each one coming up heads with probability p, what is the probability that there is a string of k consecutive heads? Mathematical Logic probability expectation combinatory + – sushmita asked Dec 8, 2016 • retagged Jun 25, 2017 by Arjun sushmita 601 views answer comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply ST commented Dec 28, 2016 i edited by ST Dec 28, 2016 reply Follow Share is it $[(n-k+1) * p^k]$ ? 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes by use of probability of k heads out of n flips = (n-k)*p^k*(i-p)^(n-k) rtiwari95 answered Dec 8, 2016 • edited Dec 10, 2016 by rtiwari95 rtiwari95 comment Share Follow See 1 comment See all 1 1 comment reply sushmita commented Dec 8, 2016 reply Follow Share these k Heads have to be consectutive and this answer will not take this into consideration. –1 votes –1 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.
