Consecutive Coin Flips - Numberphile
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We're going to talk about coin flipping. Lets say you got two people. You got Person A Person B, right, they're flipping coins. Let's say one of them is flipping coins and waiting for Heads-Heads to turn up right, so they're going to make a sequence of coin flips, and they're waiting for Head-Heads. Person B, he's doing it and he's waiting for Head-Tails. So one of them is waiting for Head-Heads, and one of them is waiting for Head-Tails. Now, what's the probability that you're gonna get Heads-Heads? Now even Brady would probably know this. What's the probability you get Heads-Heads? Brady: Is it one in four? Yeah yeah exactly. So it's one in four, and Heads-Tails it's the same, right? It's one in four. Even though they have equal probability I cl...
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We're going to talk about coin flipping. Lets say you got two people. You got Person A Person B, right, they're flipping coins. Let's say one of them is flipping coins and waiting for Heads-Heads to turn up right, so they're going to make a sequence of coin flips, and they're waiting for Head-Heads. Person B, he's doing it and he's waiting for Head-Tails. So one of them is waiting for Head-Heads, and one of them is waiting for Head-Tails. Now, what's the probability that you're gonna get Heads-Heads? Now even Brady would probably know this. What's the probability you get Heads-Heads? Brady: Is it one in four? Yeah yeah exactly. So it's one in four, and Heads-Tails it's the same, right? It's one in four. Even though they have equal probability I cl...
