Draw a probability tree diagram for the following experiment: a fair coin is tossed; if a head appears uppermost, then the fair coin is tossed again, otherwise an unfair coin with P (Head) = 0.55 is tossed. What is the sample space of this experiment? What is the associated probability distribution in this experiment?   :explain the probability distribution part.

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Draw a probability tree diagram for the following experiment: a fair coin is tossed; if a head appears uppermost, then the fair coin is tossed again, otherwise an unfair coin with P (Head) = 0.55 is tossed. What is the sample space of this experiment? What is the associated probability distribution in this experiment?

 

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