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drepaid · March 6th 2006, 07:44 AM

Heres the problem: A coin is tossed 50 times. What is the probability that you will get all heads everytime.

**CaptainBlack** · March 6th 2006, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by drepaid

Heres the problem: A coin is tossed 50 times. What is the probability that you will get all heads everytime.

Assume its a fair coin, then

$<br /> \mbox{ P(50 heads in 50 threows)}=0.5^{50}\approx 9 \times 10^{-16}<br />$

RonL

**ThePerfectHacker** · March 6th 2006, 02:49 PM

Originally Posted by drepaid

Heres the problem: A coin is tossed 50 times. What is the probability that you will get all heads everytime.

The exact answer in fractional form is,
$\frac{1}{1125899906842624}$

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