Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails involves using the thumb to launch a coin in the air and then checking which side is showing once it has landed, in order to randomly choose between two alternatives. It is a form of sortition which inherently has two possible outcomes.
Coin flipping, coin tossing, or heads or tails involves using the thumb to launch a coin in the air and then checking which side is showing once it has landed, in order to randomly choose between two alternatives. It is a form of sortition which inherently has two possible outcomes.
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