@Vinay: What if you tossed 100 consecutive heads? Would that be enough to convince you that you had the double-headed coin? If so, then doesn't tossing 5 consecutive heads give you at least an inkling that you might have it? Wouldn't you then think that there would be a higher probability of getting a head on the sixth toss than there was on the first toss (3/5)? Don's conditional probability answer 17/18 is the right answer.
Dave On Aug 8, 5:04 pm, vinay aggarwal <[email protected]> wrote: > answer should be 3/5 > think like that tossing 5 times will not help you predict the outcome > of sixth toss. Therefore that information is meaningless. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
