Coin tossing and the law of averages the author c s lewis


Question: 1. Coin tossing and randomness. Toss a coin 10 times and record heads (H) or tails (T) on each toss. Which of these outcomes is most probable? Least probable?

2. Coin tossing and the law of averages. The author C. S. Lewis once wrote the following, referring to the law of averages: "If you tossed a coin a billion times, you could predict a nearly equal number of heads and tails." Is this a correct statement of the law of averages? If not, how would you rewrite the statement so that it is correct?

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