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The chance of flipping a coin and getting ten heads in a row is 1/1024.

Does this mean that every 1 in 1024 people on earth end up with a life that is ten times worse, because on average their bad luck happened ten times over?

>> No.9336208
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>>9336180
[math]\frac{1}{3628800}[/math]

>> No.9336217

>>9336208
is this shitposting or a real answer?

>> No.9336219

>>9336180
Everything has a 50% probability, because it either happens or it doesn't

>> No.9336223

>>9336180
Start flipping a coin and record how long it takes for 10 heads in a row to happen. Protip: you will die first

>> No.9336224

>>9336219
Brainlet or troll, can't decide.

>> No.9336228

>>9336224
OP is assuming this

>> No.9336238

>>9336180
I've done it a few times, just not this century, kid.

>> No.9336274

>>9336217
It's 10 factorial, aka the probability of flipping a coin the same 10 times in a row., aka not 1024

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>>9336219
>You can't definitively say that something will or won't happen so why believe in probability

>>9336223
Not really, I've had 10 blacks or reds come up in roulette a few times before

>>9336228
Ok so if individual "luck" events such as getting cancer or winning the lottery have their own probability and "luck weight" (meaning how good or bad it is that the event happened). Then what will it take for a person to move 10 tiers away from the average person.

In other words, if the average person has a luck rating of zero, and the worst luck possible is -100 and the best luck possible is 100, how
many people will there be before one hits a luck rating of 10 or -10?

>> No.9336279

>>9336180
That image is so powerful. It so briefly justifies my hatred for white people. All white people should just fucking die.

>> No.9336292

>>9336279
Ohmy god its western-culture mayn, he's my favorite rapper

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>>9336208
>>9336274
Flipping heads 10 times in a row isn't 10 factorial, its 1/1024.

But disregarding that, why is the answer 10 factorial?

>> No.9336325

>>9336274
Why are you saying 10 heads in a row is not a 1/1024 chance?

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bump for answers

>> No.9336372

that pic is a joke you retards, it's funny too

>> No.9336604

>>9336219
wrong. it's 10 choose 2

we live in base 10, and you can choose 2 (right or wrong)

>> No.9336739

>>9336180
I want to destroy her ass.

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>>9336180
>""""""live worseness"""""" is quantifiable

>> No.9336914

>>9336223
retard

>> No.9336916

>>9336274
kys retard