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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (214074)1/2/2002 4:52:01 PM
From: Bob   of 769670
 
A better way to explain the coin flip argument is just go with two or three flips. With two flips, all possible outcomes are HH TT HT TH. Any one of these has a 1 in four chance.(25%) So 1/2 X 1/2 = 1/4 = 25%
With three flips the outcomes are HHH TTT HHT TTH HTH THT HTT THH. Any outcome would have a 1 in 8 chance, or 12.5%, which is arrived at by multiplying 1/2 X 1/2 X 1/2.

Of course each random flip is 1 out of two, but that's not what is being asked. it's the odds of 10 consecutive heads or tails.I don't feel like listing all 1024.<gg>

Regards,

BobP
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