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When you toss a coin eight times, the chance of getting four heads in a row and then four tails in a row is the same as getting a head and then alternating tails and heads.

Computer or calculator simulations can be used to estimate the probability of events.

Probability was invented to decide how to divide the winnings fairly when the players had to leave a game before it was over.

 
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