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Forgery! This Is Not My Handiwork!

April 5, 2022From the book Math Games with Bad Drawings

Real random coin flips have long streaks of heads or tails; faked ones avoid them. A penny can spot the forgery.

Transcript

[Two grids of coin flips: "random flips" with long streaks circled; "faked flips" with no long streaks] Penny (Lincoln): "Forgery! This is not my handiwork!"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2022-04-05-forgery-this-is-not-my-handiwork/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Topics
Probability › Coin FlipsProbability › Randomness
Level
Middle SchoolHigh School
Themes
Common MistakesVisual Explanations