- Two outcomes: heads or tails, {H,T}
- Toss a coin 5000 times. After each toss, record the proportion of those tosses that gave
a head.
- The proportion of tosses of a coin that give a head changes as we make more tosses. Eventually,
however, the proportion reaches 0.5, the probability of a head.
Dr. Christina Hayes
Wilson 2-263
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
phone: 406-994-6557
fax: 406-994-1789
christina.hayes@montana.edu
(Email will likely reach me faster than a phone call)