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2,000,000 Coin Tosses (Posted on 2003-03-03)

If a coin is tossed 2,000,000 times, what is the probability that it will come up exactly 1,000,000 times each heads and tails?

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re: Basic idea

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(In reply to Basic idea by Alan)

Oh yeah i don't believe 2^2000000 is infinity its obious there will be a number that is the solution to this question.

Posted by Alan on 2003-03-07 11:15:59

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