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To: WildTurkey

I understand your examples and -- I think -- the point you are trying to make. You posit that any outcome is as likely as any other. Do I have that right?


1,711 posted on 02/04/2005 7:08:17 AM PST by bvw
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To: bvw
I understand your examples and -- I think -- the point you are trying to make. You posit that any outcome is as likely as any other. Do I have that right?

For the situation of a set number of random coin tosses.

1,712 posted on 02/04/2005 7:12:15 AM PST by WildTurkey (When will CBS Retract and Apologize?)
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To: bvw

A sequence is as likely as any other, 2^-n. The distribution of heads and tails, ignoring the sequence, is a different probability all together.


1,714 posted on 02/04/2005 7:15:26 AM PST by jwalsh07
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