Binary Probability

[Guest]

Hi,

I hope somebody can help in relation to the question below.

If we have a stream of data consisting of binary 1s and 0s and the 1 occurs with three times the probability of the 0, calculate the information in a 1 and a 0.

I would have thought something along the lines of 2^3 = 8 (1's) how many 0's ???

Regards.

[Guest]

What is the question....??

Probability of getting a 1 and a 0 OR getting a 0 and a 1 from a data stream that has 3 time more 1s in it than 0s..???
(3/4) x (1/4) = (3/16) for a 1 and a 0.
Then (3/16) + (3/16) = (6/16) = (3/8) for (a1 and a0) OR (a0 and a1)
.......????????