Why I Brew My Own Beer!

[Jye]

What are the odd's of throwing 5 heads in a row?

Ummm 3.125%

 

[benno1973]

You've kinda got to wonder why they bothered firing in the air first. Surely throwing five severed heads onto the dancefloor would have gotten their attention?

 

[Guest Lurker]

What are the odd's of throwing 5 heads in a row?

Ummm 3.125%

3.125% for real heads, where you have a choice of head or body in each case.

For actual 2 up with coins more like less than 0.1%

2 coins, 4 outcomes, being
2 heads
2 tails
head on coin 1 tail on coin 2
tail on coin 1 head on coin 2

25% event occurring every time in 5 trials, .25*.25*.25*.25*.25=0.000977 = 0.01% Drew is a lucky man.

 

[Josh]

What are the odd's of throwing 5 heads in a row?

Ummm 3.125%

3.125% for real heads, where you have a choice of head or body in each case.

For actual 2 up with coins more like less than 0.1%

2 coins, 4 outcomes, being
2 heads
2 tails
head on coin 1 tail on coin 2
tail on coin 1 head on coin 2

25% event occurring every time in 5 trials, .25*.25*.25*.25*.25=0.000977 = 0.01% Drew is a lucky man.

Except that you throw 3 coins and can only have two results, heads or tails in equal probabilities. .5*.5*.5*.5*.5=0.03125

 

[Screwtop]

Think you guys are letting this probability stuff go to your heads. From memory, I might have tossed on a dance floor many years ago must have been the Chemercial brew, home brew would never do that