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What is the odds of loosing 5 coinflips in a row?
And I also wonder what the odds is for loosing 10 coin flips on a row is?
THanks
( Need an answer for this to determine my stock bankroll)..
Updated Feb 2018:
There are some great replies below and I encourage you to read all of them. This is the best short answer:
Odds of losing (or winning) a 50-50 x times in a row is simply 0.5^x
So 5 is 0.5^5 = 1/32
10 is 0.5^10 = 1/1024
The roulette debate thread mentioned in one of the posts is this one and worth checking out:
Roulette I think I have it worked out
And I also wonder what the odds is for loosing 10 coin flips on a row is?
THanks
( Need an answer for this to determine my stock bankroll)..
Updated Feb 2018:
There are some great replies below and I encourage you to read all of them. This is the best short answer:
Odds of losing (or winning) a 50-50 x times in a row is simply 0.5^x
So 5 is 0.5^5 = 1/32
10 is 0.5^10 = 1/1024
The roulette debate thread mentioned in one of the posts is this one and worth checking out:
Roulette I think I have it worked out
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