please help allmighty GS, this frustrates me

hey,

imagine......

you have coin (2 sides)

so, the chance that you will throw head is 50%.

so, theoreticly the chance of throwing heads 10 times in a row is 50% since the previous throw has nothing to do with your throw.

Am I correct or am I missing something ?

thank you

so you think the odds are 0,00048828125 ?

but how ?

if I throw the coin, and it hits heads.

the chance I throw heads next time is just as big as before, right ?

After each throw, the odds of you throwing heads on your next are 50:50 but the odds of ten heads in a row certainly are not.jimmyjammer69

so, you think that the odds that you throw 2 times heads is 25% ?

this seems false to me since the first throw has no influence on the second throw, the odds should stay 50% ?

hey,

imagine......

you have coin (2 sides)

so, the chance that you will throw head is 50%.

so, theoreticly the chance of throwing heads 10 times in a row is 50% since the previous throw has nothing to do with your throw.

Am I correct or am I missing something ?

thank you

whoopy2008

hey,

imagine......

you have coin (2 sides)

so, the chance that you will throw head is 50%.

so, theoreticly the chance of throwing heads 10 times in a row is 50% since the previous throw has nothing to do with your throw.

Am I correct or am I missing something ?

thank you

whoopy2008

no dude you mean that if after 9 throws of heads then the chances of the 10th throw would still be 50/50

there are 2^10 (1024) outcomes...only 1 is 10 heads...you have a 1 in 1024 (0.09765625%) chance

[QUOTE="whoopy2008"]

hey,

imagine......

you have coin (2 sides)

so, the chance that you will throw head is 50%.

so, theoreticly the chance of throwing heads 10 times in a row is 50% since the previous throw has nothing to do with your throw.

Am I correct or am I missing something ?

thank you

Wolls

no dude you mean that if after 9 throws of heads then the chances of the 10th throw would still be 50/50

yes that's what I'm saying, that the odds of throwing 10 times heads should be 50% since you start everytime with a new throw.

the chance of throwing the second time heads is just as much as the first time since you start over, right ?

so you think the odds are 0,00048828125 ?

but how ?

if I throw the coin, and it hits heads.

the chance I throw heads next time is just as big as before, right ?

whoopy2008

there are 2^10 (1024) outcomes...only 1 is 10 heads...you have a 0.0009765625% chance

smc91352

now this sounds like logic to me, thanks alot mate.

there are 2^10 (1024) outcomes...only 1 is 10 heads...you have a 0.0009765625% chance

smc91352

hey,

imagine......

you have coin (2 sides)

so, the chance that you will throw head is 50%.

so, theoreticly the chance of throwing heads 10 times in a row is 50% since the previous throw has nothing to do with your throw.

Am I correct or am I missing something ?

thank you

whoopy2008

Divide by zero.

my head hurts now:P

[QUOTE="Wolls"]

[QUOTE="whoopy2008"]

hey,

imagine......

you have coin (2 sides)

so, the chance that you will throw head is 50%.

so, theoreticly the chance of throwing heads 10 times in a row is 50% since the previous throw has nothing to do with your throw.

Am I correct or am I missing something ?

thank you

whoopy2008

no dude you mean that if after 9 throws of heads then the chances of the 10th throw would still be 50/50

yes that's what I'm saying, that the odds of throwing 10 times heads should be 50% since you start everytime with a new throw.

the chance of throwing the second time heads is just as much as the first time since you start over, right ?

No im saying that if you take each through as an individual the chances stay 50/50 for each through, but combined the chances of getting 10 heads in a row are 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5

I understand how you are frustrated. Let me word a question. Lets say I were to flip a coin 9x and get heads every single time. What would the probability of the next one being heads?

The short answer in no... But I will be able to expound much more upon this subject once we learn more about theee proposed dark matter theories.gun-runner

I understand how you are frustrated. Let me word a question. Lets say I were to flip a coin 9x and get heads every single time. What would the probability of the next one being heads?

Luminouslight

I understand how you are frustrated. Let me word a question. Lets say I were to flip a coin 9x and get heads every single time. What would the probability of the next one being heads?

Luminouslight

I am in a state of confuzzlement.

Your chances of getting heads 10 times in a row is 1/1024, not 1/2. You're adding when you should be multiplying.