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Prob of getting head and tail are p and 1-p resp..
 
Probability of getting head on exactly 50 out of the 100.. is
 
100C50 (p) 50 (1-p)50 
 
And prob of getting head on 51 is ..
 
100C51 (p)51 (1-p)49
 
so ,
100C50 (p) 50 (1-p)50  = 100C51 (p)51 (1-p)49
 
=> 51(1-p) = 50p
 
=> p = 51/101
 
@ Anup..
prob of getting heads of exactly 50 is not p^50 since the positions of the heads can change ...so we have to multiply it by 100C50..this is binomial distribution method of finding the prob..direct qn!..asked in iitjee 1998..!!

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