A fair coin is flipped 5 times. What is the probability that exactly 2 of the 5 flips come up heads? (answer in fraction form only, no factorial notation, permutation or combination notation is allowed)

A fair coin is flipped 5 times. What is the probability that exactly 2 of the 5 flips come up heads? (answer in fraction form only, no factorial notation, permutation or combination notation is allowed)

Database System Concepts

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Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

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