A Coin Is Biased

question 110

Essay

A coin is biased. Danny wishes to determine the probability of obtaining heads when flipping this coin. He flips the coin 10 times and obtains 8 heads. He concludes that the probability of obtaining heads when flipping this coin is 0.8. Is his thinking reasonable? Why or why not?

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