3/5. As the question doesn't ask anything about the sequence. Had the question been " Find the probability that all 6 are H " then it would have been 17/80.
On 9 August 2011 04:07, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > @Vinay: What if you tossed 100 consecutive heads? Would that be enough > to convince you that you had the double-headed coin? If so, then > doesn't tossing 5 consecutive heads give you at least an inkling that > you might have it? Wouldn't you then think that there would be a > higher probability of getting a head on the sixth toss than there was > on the first toss (3/5)? Don's conditional probability answer 17/18 is > the right answer. > > Dave > > On Aug 8, 5:04 pm, vinay aggarwal <vinayiiit2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > answer should be 3/5 > > think like that tossing 5 times will not help you predict the outcome > > of sixth toss. Therefore that information is meaningless. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Please do not print this e-mail until urgent requirement. Go Green!! Save Papers <=> Save Trees -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
