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Re:A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers by darthsid on Monday March 14, 2016 @09:54AM (#11282885)
If Alice fails, and gets a second head, she only has to get one toss right, and hasn't completely reset her sequence.

For Bob, as soon as he sees a tail, his sequence is completely reset and he now has to get two tosses right.

I'm not sure how to calculate averages, though.

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Re:A previously unnoticed property of prime numbers by sixothree on Monday March 14, 2016 @05:50PM (#11285829)
So if Alice fails she is halfway through her sequence. But if Bob fails he needs to start over.

That makes sense.

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