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Unfair Coin Flip
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RE: Unfair Coin Flip
(September 29, 2017 at 3:33 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Your example of it being 60% / 40% every time is true, however when you group together multiple flips the percentages change. That's the key to the simulation, finding two different sequences of flips that have the same probability of occurring.

How would the percentage change in a relevant way if the ratio is the same?

(September 29, 2017 at 12:53 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Ok, well here's the solution that Steel hinted at.



It seems more to me like a math problem with the heads and tails thing only used to make it more palatable to the layman. As grouping together multiple flips and calling that 'simulating a flip' seems like cheating to me. Cheating insofar as it's equivocating and what I meant by the trick question thing.

I am very impressed by the math. Not impressed by the redefinition. I can't math well anyhow.

EDIT: Wait how is disregarding HH and TT results allowed?

lol
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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
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by downbeatplumb - September 29, 2017 at 12:39 pm
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
RE: Unfair Coin Flip - by Tiberius - September 29, 2017 at 12:43 pm
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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