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To: VerySadAmerican
Aren’t the odds the same with every flip? Just like the odds of the lottery coming up 1 2 3 4 5 6 is just as likely as any other number.

The odds of any single flip turning up heads is 50%. And, probability says that, over a long number of flips, half will be heads and half tails. But, the odds of six flips being the same are 0.5^6 (or 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5) = 0.0156 or 1.56% (not impossible, but pretty unlikely).

109 posted on 02/02/2016 5:10:18 AM PST by jda ("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
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To: jda

But did Bernie call heads overtime?


125 posted on 02/02/2016 6:30:06 AM PST by Fernet Branca
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