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Re: OT RE: Probability question
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:07:49 -0800
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> Back to QCTerm, Wirt.  The answer is 15 times .5**6, or .234375.
>

I must have missed Wirt's answer, but I get: 0.122315406799
(or, 128257 out of 2**20 possibilities).

That's assuming you flip 20 coins and then ask "did I get at least
6 heads in a row".

(SPLash! source avaialble ... I simply ran through all 2**20
combinations and asked "does this match")

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