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Football Coin Tosses During the 1992 football season, the Los Angeles Rams (now the...

Football Coin Tosses During the 1992 football season, the Los Angeles Rams (now the St. Louis Rams) had a bizarre streak of coin-toss losses. In fact, they lost the call 11 weeks in a row.

a. The Rams’ computer system manager said that the odds against losing 11 straight tosses are 2047 to 1. Is he correct?

b. After these results were published, the Rams lost the call for the next two games, for a total of 13 straight losses. What is the probability of this happening if, in fact, the coin was fair?

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