09: Coin flip winner [***]

Wes Carroll's Puzzler by Wes Carroll

May 8, 20166:34Games & Hobbies

We’re going to play a simple coin-flip game. We take turns flipping a fair coin. The first one to get “heads” wins. You go first. // What’s your chance of winning? // Spiciness: *** out of ****

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