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If your friend flips a coin 50 times and every single time it lands heads up, what should you call for the next flip? Heads or tails?
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This is under trick, remember.Answer
Heads.If you flip a coin 50 times and every time it lands heads up, chances are that it is a double-headed coin.
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EASY EASY EASY SOEASY I CANT BELIEVE IT
easy
EASY but good
so easy it was that became booring
Easy
easy i got it yes
try again that wa just TOOOOOOO EEEEAAASSSSSYYYYY
too easy . good job though
that was really easy but good thinking
That was so easy that I doubted myself. How is that a trick though?
i'm with swordoffury.
I douted my self to
Gotta get me one of those coins!
Good job!
Good job!
i got it right!! that must mean it was REALLY easy. but i like it
I didnt even get it right
easy
and you hafta assume things....assuming is bad.....it could be 50 times in a row heads
and you hafta assume things....assuming is bad.....it could be 50 times in a row heads
Sep 22, 2005
That's not true. The chances are still 50/50. Each toss is completely independent from the previous ones. You could toss 5000 in a row and the chances are 50/50 for the next toss.
Yup!
nice one that was funny i liked that teaser keep them up
did you get that from a tv programme
I got that because i hve a double headed coin. i also have a trick where people think its double headed, i whack them in the head with it, and then it's double tailed, . it's really an ordinary coin, though.
dwells88 is completely right. Although I got it right, I disagree with your answer. It's 50/50 percent chance, so what he said is dwells said is true. You could Flip a coin 19278902576826 times and each time it could land on heads. So actually, it is possible to go through 50 flips, and each time it lands on heads.
I guessed tails
EASY
I agree with the answer. People who say it is 50:50 should think about the odds against 50 heads in a row - truly astonomical.
If you said 5, or even 10 in a row - I would expect 50:50 on the next one. But 50?? Something is clearly up.
ANYWAY, even if you believe it is 50:50 - you should call "heads". If you are wrong, you are covered. If you are right, you still have an even chance. Why on earth would you call tails?? There is no upside.
If you said 5, or even 10 in a row - I would expect 50:50 on the next one. But 50?? Something is clearly up.
ANYWAY, even if you believe it is 50:50 - you should call "heads". If you are wrong, you are covered. If you are right, you still have an even chance. Why on earth would you call tails?? There is no upside.
your hint lives up to being under the trick category
What's the trick? I'm not sure if this should of been acecpted...
That is cool the way the trick is that there is no trick.
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