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| You get heads in a coin toss
 
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| There are two options in a coin toss, heads or tails, so the odds of getting heads is 50% (1/2).  Uncharacteristically for Randall, this ignores the minuscule possibility that the coin might land on its edge.
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| There are two options in a coin toss, heads or tails, so the odds of getting heads is 50% (1/2).  Uncharacteristically for Randall, this ignores the very fractional possibility the coin might land on it's edge.
 
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