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Which of the above scenarios is more likely to occur?

Scenario A: 6 fair coins show heads when I flip 10 of them.

Scenario B: 60 fair coins show heads when I flip 100 of them.

 Jul 7, 2020
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1 - [10 nCr 6] / 2^10 =20.5078125% probability of 6 heads in 10 flips

 

2 - [100 nCr 60] / 2^100=1.084386671% -probability of 60 heads in 100 flips. 

 

3 - You  are 20 times more likely to get 6 heads than 60 heads.

 Jul 7, 2020

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