
Coin Toss Game (Conditional Prob) - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Dec 29, 2023 · Question goes like this: Two players, A and B, alternatively toss a fair coin (A goes first, then B). The game ends when there is a head followed by a tail (HT), and the person who tosses the …
Expected Number of Flips and Probability in a Coin Toss Experiment
May 15, 2024 · If I get a tail on the first flip, the expected number of flips until I get a head is 2. This is because, after getting a tail, the coin is fair and the probability of getting a head on the next flip is 0.5. …
Coin toss game - Probability of winning - Mathematics Stack Exchange
May 8, 2015 · Question: Two players A and B, alternatively toss a fair coin (A tosses the coin first, then B, than A again, etc.). The sequence of heads and tails is recorded and if there is head followed by a t...
probability - Regarding a Coin Toss Experiment by Neil DeGrasse Tyson ...
May 24, 2024 · In one of his interviews, Clip Link, Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses a coin toss experiment. It goes something like this: Line up 1000 people, each given a coin, to be flipped …
construction of a basic hypothesis test for a coin toss
Sep 18, 2024 · construction of a basic hypothesis test for a coin toss Ask Question Asked 1 year, 4 months ago Modified 1 year, 4 months ago
coin toss and conditional probability - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jan 22, 2020 · A random experiment consists of tossing a coin, followed by more coin tosses depending on the results of the first toss. The coin is fair, but it is deemed to possibly come up …
statistics - Probability of winning a coin toss game - Mathematics ...
May 14, 2023 · Probability of winning a coin toss game Ask Question Asked 2 years, 9 months ago Modified 2 years, 9 months ago
MLE coin toss problem - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Jan 9, 2019 · MLE coin toss problem Ask Question Asked 7 years, 1 month ago Modified 7 years, 1 month ago
Conditional probability question - coin toss - Mathematics Stack …
Please could someone verify if my proposed solutions stack up correctly for the following questions? Consider the tossing of two fair coins: a) Compute the probability of at least one head and a ...
Expected value of a coin toss - Mathematics Stack Exchange
You flip a coin. If you get heads you win \\$2 if you get tails you lose \\$1. What is the expected value if you flip the coin 1000 times? I know that the expected value of flipping the coin once i...