Fair Game 1

         Bryon and Becky are playing a game with three coins.  If all coins land with the same side showing when they are tossed (3 heads or 3 tails), Becky wins a point.  If they land with different sides showing, Bryon wins a point.  They will keep playing until one of them has 20 points.

1)      Is this game fair?

2)  If not, how would you change the rules and/or the

     scoring to make it fair?  How do you know your

     game is fair?

7.9  Statistics & Probability Concepts