Bill, Mary, and Tom have coins with respective probabilities p1, p2, p3 of turning up heads. They
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(a) What is the probability it takes Mary more than n tosses to get a head?
(b) What is the probability that the first person to get a head has to toss more than n times?
(c) What is the probability that the first person to get a head has to toss exactly n times?
(d) What is the probability that neither Bill nor Tom get a head before Mary?
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ISBN: 978-0495107576
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