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A coin toss game 2011-08-29
From Aniish:
A and B alternately toss a coin.The first one to turn up a head wins.If no more than 5 tosses each are allowed for a single game,find the probability that the person who tosses first will win the game?What are the odd's against A losing if she goes first?
Answered by Penny Nom.
Odd-man out coin tossing and probabilities 2006-04-27
From Kalyan:
When four people toss fair coins, what is the probability that in a given toss there will be one "odd man". That is one person whose coin does not have the same out comes as that of any other members?
Answered by Stephen La Rocque.
 
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