Toss a coin 10 times.

[UriBentMySpoon]

Which of these results is statistically more likely?
H=Heads T=Tails.

1. HTHTHTHTHT
2. HHHHHHHHHH
3. HHTHTTTHHT

 

[doitall]

3, I can't just say 3, I need to write a message to say 3, so I reckon 3, hows that. 1 + 2 make 3 so most be 3

 

[UriBentMySpoon]

Your logic is baffling.

 

[doitall]

Statistically they all have the same chance unless you had a clever tosser.

When I could see properly, I could toss a coin, catch it and place it on the back of the hand 9 times out of 10, what you called.

 

[securespark]

HTHHHTHHHT

That's my results!

So, yes, number 3.

 

[chapeau]

All equally likely

Shame Joe didn't post as he would have got it wrong.

 

[doitall]

All equally likely

Shame Joe didn't post as he would have got it wrong.

Joe still hasn't worked out why the plane won't take off,

 

[joe-90]

But it will.

 

[gregers]

wasnt this question set on mythbusters?
and they reckoned it was head as the head on a coin weighs more then the tail?
thus making the head come down 1st,so should it really be more tails then heads???

 

[libby lou lou]

Who decided h comes first...?

 

[UriBentMySpoon]

Assume the coin is equally weighted between heads and tails.


Which option is more likely?

I can tell you, one person has got it right so far.

 

[securespark]

Joe still hasn't worked out why the plane won't take off,

Blimey Charlie, don't get me going on that again!

 

[Nige F]

Statistically they all have the same chance unless you had a clever t****r.

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It would require a tossing machine to make it a scientific experiment Human error creeps in otherwise.

 

[JohnD]

they are all equally likely

most people make the mistake, when they see a string of random letters, of thinking that they should never spell out words; or that a string of random numbers should never include "0123456789"

But they do.

It is just as likely to happen as "840145763" or "999999999"

 

[snico]

Any of the combinations is likely, 10 coins is 1024 outcomes.


1 & 3 are more likely to happen SATISTICALLY, they both have a probabilty of 0.50%