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Re: OT: Probability question
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dennis profeta <[log in to unmask]>
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dennis profeta <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:41:45 GMT
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to jeff/all
i misinterpreted the question, which lead to the wrong formula (which was
statistically wrong anyway), which of course lead to the wrong answer :(
sorry guys.

dennis profeta

VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1) <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
news:F4B1826B1A21D211AEC5006008207AF404377D7D@dogbert.csillc.com...
> >  chances of  six heads in a row in twenty tosses
> >      6!/14! =  8.258936e-9
> >  my wife thinks. why so low? it is because you have to do it
> > in sequence of six.
> > 00111111000000000000 is okay
> > 01010101010100000000 is not
>
> But, 01111111111111111 is also OK.  So is
>      11111111111111111 and
>      11111101111110111 and
>      01111110111111000 etc. etc...
>
> I interpret the question to mean you just need to have 6 heads in a row.
> You can have more but not less.
>
> Jeff
>

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