Stage: 3 Challenge Level: 
How often do you expect the result from a throw to be the same as the result from the previous throw?
How often do you expect to get a run of three identical results?
How often do you expect to get a run of four identical results?
How often do you expect to get a run of five identical results?...
Conditional probability. Combinations. Permutations. Theoretical probability. Experimental probability. Probability. Combining probabilities. Interactivities. Equally likely outcomes. Tree diagrams.
Published June 2008.
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