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comment by snoodog
snoodog  ·  3135 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The fake coin probability problem

I thought of it the same way Devac thought about it but given the hint it comes down to something like this.

Edits for formatting

Turn Fake ------- Real Probability

1 1/2 ---- 1 / (.5 +1)

1 1/4 ------- 1/(.25+1 )

1 1/8 --------- 1/(.125+1 )

1 1/16 -------- 1/(.0625+1 ) -94%

1 1/2^N ---------- 1/(.5^N+1 )