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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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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)
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willenium Fist bump for verification, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 20:41,
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Ah yes *has a vague memory of probability in maths at school*I think I did some kind of experiment to prove this...
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Maladicta, Mon 12 Oct 2009, 20:45,
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truebut due to the weighting of the coins, its more like 0.51/0.49 - but i dont remember which is heavier
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