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Old 10-22-2005, 02:19 AM
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Wow what a wonderful contribution.

The probability of any fixed particular sequence of length 21 of heads and tails is (1/2)^21 = 4.76837158 × 10-7.

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Jason_T

You surprise me. Usually you surprise me because I'm wrong. I have great respect for both your talents and insight -- but do you really see this correction of an assumption as trivial?
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