Counting and complements · Coin flips · difficulty 4 of 5
A streak in twenty flips
You flip a fair coin 20 times. What is the probability that somewhere in the sequence you get at least 4 heads in a row?
Answer with a probability. First lock in a gut guess with an 80% range, then solve it properly, then watch a simulation settle on the truth.
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