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A balanced coin with one side heads 
(H) and the other side tails 
(T) is repeatedly flipped, and the results are recorded. The coefficients in the expansion of 
(H+T)^(n) give the number of ways to get a particular combination of heads and tails for 
n flips of the coin. For example, in the expansion of 
(H+T)^(7), the term 
21H^(2)T^(5) means there are 21 ways to get exactly 2 heads and 5 tails when flipping a coin 7 times. How many ways are there to get exactly 2 heads and 4 tails when flipping a balanced coin 6 times?
(A) 6
(B) 15
(C) 20
(D) 48

A balanced coin with one side heads (H) (H) and the other side tails (T) (T) is repeatedly flipped, and the results are recorded. The coefficients in the expansion of (H+T)n (H+T)^{n} give the number of ways to get a particular combination of heads and tails for n n flips of the coin. For example, in the expansion of (H+T)7 (H+T)^{7} , the term 21H2T5 21 H^{2} T^{5} means there are 2121 ways to get exactly 22 heads and 55 tails when flipping a coin 77 times. How many ways are there to get exactly 22 heads and 44 tails when flipping a balanced coin 66 times?\newline(A) 66\newline(B) 1515\newline(C) 2020\newline(D) 4848

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Q. A balanced coin with one side heads (H) (H) and the other side tails (T) (T) is repeatedly flipped, and the results are recorded. The coefficients in the expansion of (H+T)n (H+T)^{n} give the number of ways to get a particular combination of heads and tails for n n flips of the coin. For example, in the expansion of (H+T)7 (H+T)^{7} , the term 21H2T5 21 H^{2} T^{5} means there are 2121 ways to get exactly 22 heads and 55 tails when flipping a coin 77 times. How many ways are there to get exactly 22 heads and 44 tails when flipping a balanced coin 66 times?\newline(A) 66\newline(B) 1515\newline(C) 2020\newline(D) 4848
  1. Identify Coefficient: We need to find the coefficient of H2T4H^{2}T^{4} in the expansion of (H+T)6(H+T)^{6}.
  2. Calculate Binomial Coefficient: The binomial coefficient for H2T4H^{2}T^{4} in the expansion is given by 66 choose 22, which is calculated as rac{6!}{(2! * (6-2)!)}.
  3. Perform Factorial Calculation: Calculate 6!/(2!4!)=(654321)/((21)(4321))6! / (2! * 4!) = (6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1) / ((2 * 1) * (4 * 3 * 2 * 1)).
  4. Simplify Fraction: Simplify the fraction: (6×5)/(2×1)=3×5=15(6 \times 5) / (2 \times 1) = 3 \times 5 = 15.
  5. Final Result: So, there are 1515 ways to get exactly 22 heads and 44 tails when flipping a coin 66 times.

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