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NosyNed
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Message 66 of 93 (801314)
03-05-2017 1:02 AM
Reply to: Message 64 by CRR
03-04-2017 9:56 PM


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I assume you mean "neither the head or the tail".
No, I am pretty sure that isn't what he means. He means that a head result or a tail result are only 2 out of many, many other results. Taking that space of possible results and using the wrong method of calculating the odds produces a result saying a head (or a tail) is going to be very unlikely.

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