document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=931550>Question 931550</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the difference between tosing 1 coin two times and tossing two coins at the same time ??\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I think the sample space in the first case should be {HH,HT,TH,TT}<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and in the second case should be {HH,HT,TT} because when we tossing two coins at the same time there is no difference between HT and TH !!!\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What do you Think about that ? please give me an explination with details\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you toss a coin twice, the possible outcomes are:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "hh<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ht<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what this means is that the probability of getting 2 heads is .25 and the probability of getting 2 tails is .25 and the probability of getting a tail and a head is equal to 2 * .25 = .5\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "if you toss 2 coins together, the possible outcomes are:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "hh<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ht<BR>\n" );
document.write( "th<BR>\n" );
document.write( "tt\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you'll get the same probabilities.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 heads would occur .25 of the time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 tails would occur .25 of the time.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a head and a tail would occur .25 of the time.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the fact that you can't tell which coin the tail or the head came from when you toss both coins in the air at the same time is irrelevant.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the head and the tail will come up 50% of the time either way.\r<BR>\n" );
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