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Mathematics

Long-Term Average

Quick fact

Even after 10,000 coin flips, the difference between heads and tails can be hundreds, yet the ratio of heads to total flips will be remarkably close to 0.5.

Why this is interesting

When you flip a coin just a few times, the results can be wildly uneven—but why does the average always creep toward 50% heads if you keep flipping?