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The article says its a thousand times more likely to get a string of 76 heads somewhere in 500 flips than the last 76 flips. This doesn't make sense to me - see
by kens 13y ago
The article says its a thousand times more likely to get a string of 76 heads somewhere in 500 flips than the last 76 flips. This doesn't make sense to me - seems like the odds improvement must be less than 500-76, not 1000. Is the math wrong? (I'm on my phone so I can't check.)
- tel 13y agoI agree with you unless we count 76 heads occurring anywhere within 500 flips, not all contiguously.