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  1. 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 …

  2. 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. …

  3. 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...

  4. 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 …

  5. 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

  6. 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 …

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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 ...

  10. 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...