If you have flipped a fair coin and tails has come up 49 times in a row, what are the odds that the next flip will be a tail?
A)0
B)1/50
C)1/25
D)1/2

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Each coin flip is independent of previous flips, so the probability of getting tails on the next flip is still 1/2, regardless of how many times heads or tails have come up in a row. The previous 49 flips do not affect the probability of the 50th flip.

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