document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=98863>Question 98863</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If the probablility of tossing four pennies 96 times and all four landing on heads was 4/96, what is the probability all four will land on heads when you toss them 1,000,000 times. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Your results after 96 trials with your particular set of four pennies give<BR>\n" );
document.write( "a probability of 4/96 = 0.0416666..<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "After one million trial with those same pennies you could expect the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "results to be similar if you base your probability numbers on experimental<BR>\n" );
document.write( "results, or you could expect the probability to move in the direction of <BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/16 = 0.0625 based on the Law of Large Numbers.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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