SOLUTION: If a coin is flipped 20 times, what is the probability of getting 5 coins in a row?

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Question 695376: If a coin is flipped 20 times, what is the probability of getting 5 coins in a row?

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I already answered this one. You get a coin every time you flip a coin. Sometimes it comes up heads and sometimes it comes up tails -- but no matter what, it is still a coin.

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