I understand it but I still have a hard time accepting it. I mean if a coin flip comes up heads a gazillion times, in my head the odds just have to be that a tails will come up. But noooo! It's still 50 50 chance. I have a really hard time with that one for sure!
I just tried flipping a coin with the tail showing. It showed tail the first flip and then heads the succeeding six ones. Is there a certain way to flip it? Does it matter what side is showing first?
Heads up flip T T H T T H T
Tails up flip T T T T T H T
Spinning instead of flipping H T H T T H H
haha I have no clue what those results mean!
What I do know is with the next flip the odds are 50 50 of being heads or tails...
I understand it but I still have a hard time accepting it. I mean if a coin flip comes up heads a gazillion times, in my head the odds just have to be that a tails will come up. But noooo! It's still 50 50 chance. I have a really hard time with that one for sure!
I guess even wizards are flummoxed :D
I just tried flipping a coin with the tail showing. It showed tail the first flip and then heads the succeeding six ones. Is there a certain way to flip it? Does it matter what side is showing first?
Heads up flip T T H T T H T
Tails up flip T T T T T H T
Spinning instead of flipping H T H T T H H
haha I have no clue what those results mean!
What I do know is with the next flip the odds are 50 50 of being heads or tails...
If you experiment with big numbers the result is a bell curve.
It's been awhile, so I looked it up.
They call the bell curve, normal distribution.
This page has a good explanation...
http://www.mathamazement.com/Lessons/Everyday-Math/05_Miscellaneous/05_05_Advanced-Math-Topics/normal-distribution.html
That first graph show that if you flip a coin 10 times, only about 25% of the time will you get exactly a 50 50 split.
Hmmm...it seems even if you flipped 10 times, it will not be able to meet the 50/50 split :D
Maybe I'll try the more times of flipping and experiment. Thanks for the link! So the more numbers, the more chances.