Kyrie and Stan Are Playing a Coin-Tossing Game Where Each

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Essay

Kyrie and Stan are playing a coin-tossing game where each player,in turn,tosses a fair coin 10 times consecutively.The winner of the game is the player who tosses the most consecutive tails.Kyrie decides to go first and tosses tails five times in a row.Explain how the hot-hand fallacy can affect Kyrie's assessment of the probability that he will toss tails on his sixth toss.

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