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wu :: forums    riddles    easy (Moderators: Grimbal, Eigenray, ThudnBlunder, william wu, Icarus, towr, SMQ)    coin toss « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: coin toss  (Read 382 times) Slayer Newbie     Posts: 5 coin toss   « on: Feb 21st, 2009, 10:50am » Quote Modify Toss a coin until pattern "THH" or "THT" appears, what is their respective probabilities? IP Logged towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: coin toss   « Reply #1 on: Feb 21st, 2009, 1:42pm » Quote Modify 50-50 You just get a sequence like H*T+H(H|T) IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------=> easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ   - general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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