Keep in mind that the odds are 50/50 per individual flip of the coin, not as a series. So there is actually as much of a chance (statistically) for you to flip a coin heads 10 times in a row - as the chances are only per individual flip - as there would be for it to be 5 heads and 5 tails.
Look at it this way - chance does not have a memory. So it can't be 'aware' of what previous flips were, only 'aware' that it has a choice of 1 or the other...
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Keep in mind that the odds are 50/50 per individual flip of the coin, not as a series. So there is actually as much of a chance (statistically) for you to flip a coin heads 10 times in a row - as the chances are only per individual flip - as there would be for it to be 5 heads and 5 tails.
Look at it this way - chance does not have a memory. So it can't be 'aware' of what previous flips were, only 'aware' that it has a choice of 1 or the other...
Phew.
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