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Re:Make a Fair Coin from a Biased Coin (2018) by mbokinala on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @11:24PM (#30695001)
I believe the steps said to toss the same coin twice.
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Re:Make a Fair Coin from a Biased Coin (2018) by madars on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @01:29AM (#30695634)
Yep. The assumption is that two flips are independent and identically distributed but that's a fair one: your flips don't change the coin, it does not have memory, etc.
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Re:Make a Fair Coin from a Biased Coin (2018) by dotancohen on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @04:39AM (#30696566)
Yes, flips do change the coin: they change which side is "up" at the moment of release. This could change the outcome of the flip.
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