berdinwall said:

I just think its bs. I get yalls point but id bet most of you put your money on it not being heads again on the 10th flip

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berdinwall said:

alright...so say you're flipping a quarter 10 times

and you flip heads 9 times in a row....are the odds that the last flip will be tails greater because of the previous flips? or still 50/50?

Someone once told me it was a matter of statistics. does statistics break down to true math? or do you just add a factor of statistics into the original 50/50 probability?

is there a proven mathematical answer?

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berdinwall said:

ok if you had to bet your last $500 on heads or tails for the last flip, which would you choose?

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elax420 said:

berdinwall said:

alright...so say you're flipping a quarter 10 times

and you flip heads 9 times in a row....are the odds that the last flip will be tails greater because of the previous flips? or still 50/50?

Someone once told me it was a matter of statistics. does statistics break down to true math? or do you just add a factor of statistics into the original 50/50 probability?

is there a proven mathematical answer?

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No.

there are only two possible outcomes therefore  1/2=.5
or 50%

berdinwall said:

ok if you had to bet your last $500 on heads or tails for the last flip, which would you choose?

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Tails if i watched all 9 previous flips.
The probability of going 10/10 on head is.

.5^10 

the odds of what you explained are already at .0019
its not gonna happen.


but to answer your question more directly, every throw of the coin has the odds of .5 regardless of what happens before it.

         
The formula to calculate odds is { Σ P(E_i) }to infinity and i=1



so the probability of two consecutive dice throws of the same number is (1/6)(1/6)

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koods said:

This is a harder probability question. What is the chance to get three dice to add up to 15 in a single roll. (Rolling all three dice at once, the three face values add up to 15)?

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koods said:

elax420 said:

berdinwall said:

alright...so say you're flipping a quarter 10 times

and you flip heads 9 times in a row....are the odds that the last flip will be tails greater because of the previous flips? or still 50/50?

Someone once told me it was a matter of statistics. does statistics break down to true math? or do you just add a factor of statistics into the original 50/50 probability?

is there a proven mathematical answer?

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No.

there are only two possible outcomes therefore  1/2=.5
or 50%

berdinwall said:

ok if you had to bet your last $500 on heads or tails for the last flip, which would you choose?

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Tails if i watched all 9 previous flips.
The probability of going 10/10 on head is.

.5^10 

the odds of what you explained are already at .0019
its not gonna happen.


but to answer your question more directly, every throw of the coin has the odds of .5 regardless of what happens before it.

         
The formula to calculate odds is { Σ P(E_i) }to infinity and i=1



so the probability of two consecutive dice throws of the same number is (1/6)(1/6)

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The probability of two dice throws having the same number is 1:6.  The probability of you picking a number and having it come up twice is 1:36.

The first situation, the first roll can be anything so the odds of anything are 1:1. The second roll must match whatever number came up on the first roll, that is 1:6.

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No, that is not how you write it at all. If you throw two dice at the same time the odds of them coming up the same are 1/6 but if you know how to read and understand what consecutively mean the odds are P(e1)(e2). Very fucking basic dude.


By the way 1:36  is the same thing as (1/6)(1/6) which you write as .0277

koods said:

There are ten ways, so 10:216

3,6,6
4,5,6
5,4,6
4,6,5
5,6,4
6,5,4
6,4,5
6,3,6
6,6,3
5,5,5

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once again .0462 is definitely preferred but you can also write 5/108. You literally have to simplify. Have you ever taken math?

elax420 said:

koods said:

There are ten ways, so 10:216

3,6,6
4,5,6
5,4,6
4,6,5
5,6,4
6,5,4
6,4,5
6,3,6
6,6,3
5,5,5

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once again .0462 is definitely preferred but you can also write 5/108. You literally have to simplify. Have you ever taken math?

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berdinwall said:

alright...so say you're flipping a quarter 10 times

and you flip heads 9 times in a row....are the odds that the last flip will be tails greater because of the previous flips? or still 50/50?

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