Sunday, April 26, 2009

Probability - by Jon

Here's an interesting question for you fellows to ponder:
Take a penny. Upon flipping, there are two possible outcomes, heads (H) or Tails (T). Now, I want to know what you think the probability of each outcome is:

HHHHHTTTTT

HTTHHTHTHT

HTHTHTHTHT
Posted by one of The Four Writters at 2:53 AM
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3 comments:

  1. Brody the WritterApril 26, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    (1/2)^10 *100 = .09765625%

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  2. Brody the WritterApril 26, 2009 at 1:16 PM

    not factoring in the chance of it landing on it's side.

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  3. Carol EmeryApril 26, 2009 at 11:37 PM

    Brody, please try to focus more on your writing than on silly math problems. Jon can figure these things out on his own.

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