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Unfair Coin Flip
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RE: Unfair Coin Flip
September 29, 2017 at 12:20 pm
(September 29, 2017 at 12:19 pm)Khemikal Wrote: All you have to do to find which side it is, and the distribution of probability, is determine how many flips it takes you to reach a distribution wherein P(h1)*P(h2)=.5

Sure, but how do you do that with 100% certainty. You can't unless you flip it an infinite number of times.
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Unfair Coin Flip

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Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 11:57 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by vorlon13 - September 29, 2017 at 12:01 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:04 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 29, 2017 at 12:10 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Pat Mustard - September 29, 2017 at 2:25 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:07 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:10 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:12 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:12 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by RoadRunner79 - September 29, 2017 at 12:14 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:15 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:15 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by The Grand Nudger - September 29, 2017 at 12:19 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:19 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:20 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:20 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:20 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:21 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:21 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:22 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:23 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:23 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:23 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:24 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:26 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:25 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:25 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Brian37 - September 29, 2017 at 12:26 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:26 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:28 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:29 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:30 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:32 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:36 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 12:37 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by SteelCurtain - September 29, 2017 at 12:39 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 1:38 pm
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RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Brian37 - September 29, 2017 at 12:42 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by SteelCurtain - September 29, 2017 at 12:42 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:42 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:42 pm
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RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by SteelCurtain - September 29, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:49 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:53 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by vorlon13 - September 29, 2017 at 4:00 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by SteelCurtain - September 29, 2017 at 12:57 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 12:57 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 1:00 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 1:02 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Aroura - September 29, 2017 at 1:03 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 1:06 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 1:07 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 1:08 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Silver - September 29, 2017 at 1:10 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 1:10 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Minimalist - September 29, 2017 at 1:13 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 29, 2017 at 1:27 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by ErGingerbreadMandude - September 29, 2017 at 1:36 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 29, 2017 at 2:15 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 2:59 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Brian37 - September 29, 2017 at 2:20 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 29, 2017 at 3:15 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 3:33 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 29, 2017 at 4:04 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Autumnlicious - September 29, 2017 at 4:40 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by brewer - September 29, 2017 at 4:51 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by vorlon13 - September 29, 2017 at 4:52 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Brian37 - September 29, 2017 at 5:07 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Minimalist - September 30, 2017 at 3:20 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Alex K - September 29, 2017 at 5:11 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by bennyboy - September 29, 2017 at 9:12 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by ErGingerbreadMandude - September 29, 2017 at 11:38 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 30, 2017 at 1:15 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 30, 2017 at 1:21 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by ErGingerbreadMandude - September 30, 2017 at 2:37 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 30, 2017 at 2:59 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Losty - September 30, 2017 at 3:01 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 30, 2017 at 3:08 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 30, 2017 at 3:09 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 5:20 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 30, 2017 at 9:34 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 30, 2017 at 10:02 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 11:48 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 30, 2017 at 11:55 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 11:58 am
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 30, 2017 at 12:18 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 12:36 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 30, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 1:07 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 30, 2017 at 1:25 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by brewer - September 30, 2017 at 1:12 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 1:17 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by brewer - September 30, 2017 at 2:06 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 2:24 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 1:37 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by pocaracas - September 30, 2017 at 2:25 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 30, 2017 at 3:15 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Edwardo Piet - September 30, 2017 at 3:36 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by bennyboy - September 30, 2017 at 6:55 pm
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Brian37 - September 30, 2017 at 6:56 pm

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