Suppose we have two weighted coins, one of which comes up heads with probability 0.2, and the other of which comes up heads withprobability 0.9. Unfortunately, the coins are otherwise identical, and we have lost track of which is which. Suppose we flip a randomly chosen coin13 times and let N be the random variable giving the number of heads seen. If in the first 4 flips we see 3 heads, what is the conditional expectednumber of heads in the 13 flips?E[N|3 of first 4 are H] = 10.805

Solution Probability for getting a head is 0.5. let X is the number of heads in 13 flips. if the…

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