A coin is tossed twice. Let Z denote the number of heads on the first toss and W denote the total number of heads on the 2 tosses. If the coin is unbalanced and a head has a 40% chance of occurring, find: a. the joint probability distribution of W and Z b. the marginal distribution of W c. the marginal distribution of Z d. the probability that at least 1 tail occurs.
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