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Elisheva said:I think you're correct when you are discussing the order of the tosses, but 50% still applies to any individual toss. (Ah, that statistics class!)
Nevertheless, I have a story.
When I was two decades younger, I was enamoured of a certain fiction writer, and I happened to find out that he was looking to hire an assistant.
So, I sat down at my desk and dared myself to phone the man. But, I just couldn't do it.
Then, I picked up five pennies and thought "If these come up all heads, I'll call xxxx."
I tossed them, they did, I phoned, and I got the job, too.
I've never been able to throw five pennies to land all heads (or all tails) since.
Now thats a real statistics lesson. If this be true it gives a man a feeling of hope that there is someone somewhere looking out for us.
I always laugh at the saying that 89% of all statistics are untrue. hehe chortle chortle.