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A fair coin is thrown <math>n</math> times.  Show that the conditional probability of a head on any specified trial, given a total of <math>k</math> heads over the <math>n</math>
A fair coin is thrown <math>n</math> times.  Show that the conditional probability of a head on any specified trial, given a total of <math>k</math> heads over the <math>n</math> trials, is <math>k/n</math> <math>(k  >  0)</math>.
trials, is <math>k/n</math> <math>(k  >  0)</math>.

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A fair coin is thrown [math]n[/math] times. Show that the conditional probability of a head on any specified trial, given a total of [math]k[/math] heads over the [math]n[/math] trials, is [math]k/n[/math] [math](k \gt 0)[/math].