SOLUTION: True/False: You are more likely to get a pattern of HTHHHTHTTH than HHHHHHHHTT when you flip a coin 10 times.

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Question 1038570: True/False: You are more likely to get a pattern of HTHHHTHTTH than HHHHHHHHTT when you flip a coin 10 times.
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The probability of successes in trials where is the probability of success on any given trial is given by:



Where is the number of combinations of things taken at a time and is calculated by

So compare:



With



John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it