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Old 09-08-2005, 05:52 PM
PocketJokers72 PocketJokers72 is offline
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Default All Possible Outcomes Question

How do I figure out how many possible different (unique) outcomes there could be with this problem:

10 people are flipping 10 different coins 1 time each.

All coins could be heads, or all could be tails, or any mix thereof. Each coin is unique (coin #1, #2, etc. etc.)

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Old 09-08-2005, 06:06 PM
KJL KJL is offline
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Default Re: All Possible Outcomes Question

2^10 represents the total number of posible cominations. Is that what you are looking for?
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Old 09-08-2005, 08:39 PM
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Default Re: All Possible Outcomes Question

KJL is correct that it is 2^10 = 1,024 given that each coin is unique. If the coins are fair, each outcome is equally likely. If the coins weren't unique, if you only cared about the number of heads, there are 11 possible outcomes, with differing probabilities.
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