superprismatic Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Let H be the number of times heads comes up in 1,000,000 flips of a fair coin. Which is more likely, H = 500,000 or H ≤ 495,000 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 wolfgang Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 495000<H<495000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fabpig Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 I just ran 1000000 flips 1000 times and got 1 of exactly 500000 heads. There were a handful < 499000, and 0 < 498000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 bushindo Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 H = 500000 is more likely by a long shot, over 1020 times more likely, in fact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Let H be the number of times heads
comes up in 1,000,000 flips of a
fair coin. Which is more likely,
H = 500,000 or H ≤ 495,000 ?
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