> Yep. However, your're more likely to get heads once by flipping the coin
> multiple times. This has nothing to do with the (non)influece of past
> events on future events. Your chance of not getting heads at least once in
> five tries (or, in other words, getting tails five consecutive times) is
> 1/64.
*smacks self in head*
Yep, you're right. Since probabilities must equal 1, the probability of getting outcome A in n tries is equal to 1 - probability of n consecutive !A outcomes.
Matt
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