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Old 07-28-2007, 12:21 PM
Chas H Chas H is offline
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Originally Posted by Botnst View Post
I'm not sure about this. What is the difference between a coin toss and a numbered ball selection? You cannot choose the coin a second time, either.

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Sure you can, that's what is being done. The odds of tossing three heads in a row are the odds of each event multiplied together IOW 1/8. The action uses the same coin.
In the pick 6 the choices are reduced by one every time a ball is picked.
These two actions are common and basic to statistics.
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