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A fair coin is flipped 10 times and lands on heads 8 times. Why is there a difference between the experimental and theoretical probabilities of observing 8 heads in 10 coin flips?

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the experimental probability is that the coin must land on heads 5 times if flipped ten times, but theoretically, the coin may land as much as 10 times on heads if flipped 10 times

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