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Probability of n consecutive heads in a row from successive coin flips
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library(ggplot2) | |
library(ggrepel) | |
library(scales) | |
library(ggExtra) | |
library(ggthemes) | |
n<- c(1:10) | |
flips<- 2*(2^n-1) #number of coin flips required | |
prob <- 0.5^n # probability of achieving n in a row | |
percentage<-(round(prob,4)*100) | |
data<- cbind.data.frame(n,flips,prob,percentage) | |
p<- ggplot(data,aes(n,flips))+ | |
geom_bar(stat="identity",colour= "steelblue",fill="steelblue")+ | |
scale_x_discrete(limits= n)+ | |
scale_y_discrete(limits="")+ | |
theme_tufte(base_size=10)+ | |
removeGridX()+ | |
ggtitle( "Number of coin flips required to see N heads in a row")+ | |
labs(x= "N (Number of consecutive heads desired)",y="Number of coin flips")+ | |
geom_text_repel(data=data,aes(n,flips),label=flips,size=3) | |
p |
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