In the case of the coin toss, there are only two, but I'm saying in general there could be an infinite number.

在抛硬币的例子里,只有两个取值,但是一般都会有无限个可能值

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I mentioned this before -I think I mentioned it before -if you say, I'm going to ask you to bet on a coin toss.

我之前提到过...,应该提到过...,我邀请你与我赌硬币正反面

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Well we could begin with George Washington Alright, for your sake, we toss in John Kennedy ... who cut taxes. -Because... the Kennedy tax cuts and the Reagan tax cuts ... were both major tax cuts. -Did you hear me ask him ? for a one-word answer? Did you hear me?

那干脆从乔治·华盛顿谈起得了，真是的,好吧，看在你的面子上，姑且把他算上吧,他好歹也减税了，-因为。,肯尼迪的减税和里根的,都不可等闲视之，-我不是让他,只回答一个字吗？他怎么说这么多？

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If you toss a coin twice and the first experiment doesn't influence the second, we say they're independent and there's no relation between the two.

如果你抛两次硬币,第一次的结果并不影响第二次的结果,所以我们说他们是相互独立的,这两次试验没有关系

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One is to say, how much will you bet and then I toss the coin.

第一种,你先押注,然后我再掷硬币

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The other way is, I toss the coin first and I can conceal the outcome and then I ask, how much would you like to bet?

第二种,我先掷出硬币,然后盖住,问你,你愿意下多少赌注

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You might say the probability that you toss a coin and it comes up heads is a half, because it's equally likely to be heads and tails.

如果你抛一枚硬币,正面向上的概率一定是50%,因为正反哪一面向上的可能性是相同的

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For example, if you ask people how much they would be willing to bet on a coin toss, they will typically bet more if they can toss the coin or they will bet more if the coin hasn't been tossed yet.

比如说,如果你问人们,他们愿意出多少钱去赌掷硬币,如果他们可以掷硬币,或在硬币还没被掷出前,他们会下更大的注

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