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To: andy58-in-nh
If I'm remembering my statistics correctly, the probability of a coin flip coming up "heads" 51 out of 52 times (which as you say is comparable to the numbers being revised upwards 51 out of 52 times.....) is 1 in approx 2.2 Quadrillion.

You'd be thousands of times more likely to hit the Powerball.

47 posted on 01/12/2012 8:30:43 AM PST by wbill
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To: wbill
The binomial probability of 51 hits out of 52 trials, with a 50% probability for each trial with a probability mass function is: 0.000000000000011546.

I don't know about you, but 'm playing the Lottery tonight. ;-)

49 posted on 01/12/2012 9:35:00 AM PST by andy58-in-nh (America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
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