The Math Club
The Math Club
Pete and Noah
Two Heads are Better Than One: A Counterintuitive Coin Flipping Problem
38 minutes Posted Oct 2, 2024 at 11:00 am.
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An unlikely string of coin flips leads to a conversation about a counterintuive puzzle that Pete found online.  Join in on the fun as Pete and Noah dissect this problem, and talk about multiple ways to approach understanding its solution.

Daniel Litt's Twitter post with the puzzle

Noah's Scratch simulation of the problem

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