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(I helped save b3ta! rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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My brain hurts!
*adopts Gumby stance*
(I helped save b3ta! Maladicta, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 20:19, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
each time you flip a coin you have a 0.5 chance of it landing either heads or tails.
The overall probability of getting heads twice in a row is 0.5 x 0.5 or 50% of each time you flip it. (0.5^2) so for twenty times (0.5^20)
(I helped save b3ta! willenium Fist bump for verification, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 20:41, Reply)
Ah yes *has a vague memory of probability in maths at school*
I think I did some kind of experiment to prove this...
(I helped save b3ta! Maladicta, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 20:45, Reply)
true
but due to the weighting of the coins, its more like 0.51/0.49 - but i dont remember which is heavier
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 21:44, Reply)
Think it's the head (fnar)

(I helped save b3ta! Maladicta, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 21:59, Reply)

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