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A fair coin is tossed 99 times. If X is the number of times heads occur, if P (X = r) is maximum then sum of possible values of r is
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(q + p) 99 r ≤ 
⇒ r ≤ 
⇒ r ≤ 50
Terms 50 or 51 are highest, so r = 49, 50
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