you flip a fair coin ten times: a) What is the most common mix of heads and tails you might see? How likely are you to see that mix? (By mix here I mean something like "3 heads and 7 tails".) b) What is the least likely, and how likely are you to see that?

you flip a fair coin ten times: a) What is the most common mix of heads and tails you might see? How likely are you to see that mix? (By mix here I mean something like "3 heads and 7 tails".) b) What is the least likely, and how likely are you to see that?

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a) What is the most common mix of heads and tails you might see? How likely are you to see that mix? (By mix here I mean something like "3 heads and 7 tails".)

b) What is the least likely, and how likely are you to see that?

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