The Surprising Findings of a Study on Flipped Coins and Fairness
Have you ever flipped a coin and thought it was unfair? It turns out, you may not be wrong.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered that flipping ten coins in a row is more likely to be unfair than flipping just one. The study, published in the journal Nature, reveals that the probability of a fair outcome decreases as the number of coins increases.
The team found that the odds of all ten coins landing heads or all ten coins landing tails is about one in a thousand, compared to a one in two chance of a single coin landing either heads or tails. This means that flipping ten coins in a row is almost ten times less likely to result in a fair outcome than a single coin.
So the next time you’re flipping coins, be sure to keep an eye out for any suspicious results!
source: Phys.org