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February 2000, Week 5

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"VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)" <[log in to unmask]>
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VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
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Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:16:26 -0700
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>  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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