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George performs an experiment where he flips a coin 2 times. If he performs this experiment 100 times, what is the best prediction for the number of repetitions of the experiment that will result in both the two filps landing on heads?

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The probability of getting heads on a single coin flip is 1/2. The probability of getting heads on two coin flips in a row is (1/2) * (1/2) = 1/4. Therefore, if George performs this experiment 100 times, we can expect that he will get both flips landing on heads about 25 times

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