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Spin, Flip, Toss: Discovering Probability Through Experiments
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A Coin That Won't Cooperate
A Coin That Won't Cooperate
Imagine you flip a fair coin 10 times. You expect 5 heads and 5 tails — but you actually get 7 heads and 3 tails. Did something go wrong? Is the coin broken? Or is something else happening? Think about this for a moment before you read on. Your instinct about why the result was 'off' is at the heart of today's lesson.
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