Question: For alabexperiment, a perfectlybalanced(fair)coin has been created. After repeated testing, it hasbeendetermined that the oddsofthe coin landingon headson anygiven flip is 50%. Duringthe firstexperiment, a

  1. For alabexperiment, a perfectlybalanced(fair)coin has been created. After repeated testing, it hasbeendetermined that the oddsofthe coin landingon headson anygiven flip is 50%. Duringthe firstexperiment, a student's first 9 flips wereall tails.
    1. What wouldyou expect thenext flip to be?Explain.
    2. Does this (9 tails in a row)provethe coin is not reallyfair?

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