Introduction to Algorithms
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ISBN: 9780262033848
Author: Thomas H. Cormen, Ronald L. Rivest, Charles E. Leiserson, Clifford Stein
Publisher: MIT Press
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Chapter C.5, Problem 1E
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To find out which is more likely obtaining no heads when a fair coin is flipped ntimes or obtaining fewer than nheads when a coin is flipped 4ntimes .
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Ch. C.1 - Prob. 1ECh. C.1 - Prob. 2ECh. C.1 - Prob. 3ECh. C.1 - Prob. 4ECh. C.1 - Prob. 5ECh. C.1 - Prob. 6ECh. C.1 - Prob. 7ECh. C.1 - Prob. 8ECh. C.1 - Prob. 9ECh. C.1 - Prob. 10E
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