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19. An unfair coin with Pr[H=.9 is tossed (indepen- dently) 5 times. What is the probability that the first, third, and fifth tosses are H, and all the others are T? (a) .0243 (b) .00243 (c) .243 (a) .0729 (e) .00729 (f) none of the others

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