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To: Slambat
We've been doing coin tosses all morning the best so far has been 4 in a row.

2^4 = 2 x2 x2 x2 = 16

Odds: 1 in 16 (15 to 1)

38 posted on 02/02/2016 11:43:17 AM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: ETL

“Odds: 1 in 16 (15 to 1)”

Probably, but so far not so good. We had it all down and out
of four of us flipping we figured we flipped about 100 times
each, we were even flopping one at a time to see if we could do it in sequence. After four hours some one did it, 6 in
a row. 4, 3 in a rows, 1 four in a row and one 6 in a row.
Conclusion, the one 5 in a row we got was in the 6 out of a
conservative estimate of 400 flips.

So I figure the odds to be 1 in 400.

2^6 = 64 x 6.25 = 400


81 posted on 02/02/2016 2:06:06 PM PST by Slambat
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