Actually I am going to show how to figure how far a thunderstorm is.After that, the odds of flipping a coin, believe it or not the odds change when the coin is flipped more than once.
One day I was watching the new Mcgyver and his friend Jack counted off 11 seconds and said the thunderstorm is 2 miles away. Was he right? Sort of ,it was actually 2 1/5 miles away.
Once you see lighting start counting off the seconds until you hear thunder and divide that result by 5.
It won't be exact but it will be a ballpark figure. Remember lighting can strike 10 miles away from the storm. So if you figure the thunderstrom is 15 miles away doesn't mean you're safe; Go inside a safe building.
Also if a thunderstrom seems like it came to an end, wait another 1/2 hour it may start up again.
Now for the odds of flipping a coin either heads or tails.
When the coin is flipped only once that is of course is 1 out of 2 odds; But your odds change when you flip the coin more than once.
If you filp the coin twice your odds are 1 out of 4
1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4
Flipping the coin three times your odds are 1 out of 8
1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/8
Flipping the coin four times the odds are 16 to 1.
Flipping the coin five times the odds are 32 to 1.
and so on. Why would a person need to know this?
Probably to win money on quiz shows. :)
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