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A coin tossed 100 times and 530 heads appear. At a=0.05, test the claim that this is a non biased coin. Use a P-Value. Does this suggest the coin is fair? Show all of your work including curve and make your conclusion in verbiage a layman can understand.

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The solution uses hypothesis testing to determine the fairness of a coin.

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