> Given what we know, and since the problem's symmetric with respect to heads/tails, the chance of getting a heads is 1/2 on the first flip. I.e., we're 50% confident of getting heads when we're just about to make the first flip.
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> The question is this: if we keep flipping the coin and getting heads, after which flip do we become 99% confident (or higher) that the next flip will also be heads?


I believe the answer is: never. The odds remain the same, 50/50, no matter how many times you flip the coin.

koala"had to switch to statistics after flunking calculus"mom