[Doctor Stochastic]

It is much easier to predict the result from the toss of a single coin than it is to predict the result from tossing a pocketful of change.

What do you mean here? Easier or more accurate? They are both equally easy to predict.

This must mean something other than trying to predict the outcomes of a toss. In that case, it's much more accurate to predict the outcomes of many coins than of one. A short stroll along Las Vegas Blvd should be convincing.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you for your reply!

me: It is much easier to predict the result from the toss of a single coin than it is to predict the result from tossing a pocketful of change.

you: What do you mean here? Easier or more accurate? They are both equally easy to predict.

I mean easier.

If you are tossing a single coin, the results can be heads, tails, or sitting on its edge.

But if you have a pocketful of change, the number of possibilites per coin does not change - but you must first count the number of coins and then figure all possible permutations according to geometry as they may fall, i.e. the coins may fall in a straight line, in bunches or stacked, etc.