coin toss

kat4636 · #1 Apr 26, 2007, 04:55 PM

predict the probability of flipping 3 coins and getting all heads or all tails.

Syujin · Apr 26, 2007, 06:33 PM

actually while in theory it is 1/2 as likley either way but in reality the coin is heavier on the heads side so it is just a tiny bit more likely to land on tails like 4/6

Syujin

asterisk_man · Apr 27, 2007, 05:04 AM

It would be interesting to do the experiment. I have seen coins where the same side comes up about 99/100 times if you spin the coin and let it come to rest. I think the effect would be much less for flipping. I'm guessing that it's about 55/100 for the heavy side to end up down.

kat, run the experiment for us??



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