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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (213709)	1/1/2002 8:39:46 PM
From: George Coyne	Read Replies (1) of 769670

In the discussion of chance your author uses the coin flip as an example and says that the chance of getting 10 heads in a row is 1/2 x1/2 x......10 times ie that the chance is 1 in 1024. That's bull....a coin flip is not dependent on the previous flip ...each flip is a independent event with a 50-50 chance of getting a head. I can almost guarantee you that if you flip 10 times you will not get 5 heads and 5 tails. ROTFL! And what do you think the chances of 10 heads in a row are? (other than 1/1024) You think the chances of getting exactly 5 heads and 5 tails is small?

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