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== Problem ==
== Problem ==
When a certain biased coin is flipped five times, the probability of getting heads exactly once is not equal to <math>0^{}_{}</math> and is the same as that of getting heads exactly twice. Let <math>\frac ij^{}_{}</math>, in lowest terms, be the probability that the coin comes up heads in exactly <math>3_{}^{}</math> out of <math>5^{}_{}</math> flips. Find <math>i+j^{}_{}</math>.


== Solution ==
== Solution ==
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[1989 AIME Problems/Problem 6|Next Problem]]
* [[1989 AIME Problems/Problem 4|Previous Problem]]
* [[1989 AIME Problems]]
* [[1989 AIME Problems]]

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Problem

When a certain biased coin is flipped five times, the probability of getting heads exactly once is not equal to $0^{}_{}$ and is the same as that of getting heads exactly twice. Let $\frac ij^{}_{}$, in lowest terms, be the probability that the coin comes up heads in exactly $3_{}^{}$ out of $5^{}_{}$ flips. Find $i+j^{}_{}$.

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See also