A microstate names one exact arrangement, while a macrostate groups arrangements that share the same counted feature. Here the feature is heads count, so the four listed arrangements collapse into buckets with different multiplicities. The probabilities are exact count ratios for this toy ledger; a real ensemble would still need an honest statement of how the states were prepared and counted.

A macrostate probability begins as a finite count ledger. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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A macrostate is a counted bucket

The checked ledger groups four microstates into heads-count buckets.

Ω=4,P(H=1)=24=12\Omega=4,\quad P(H=1)=\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}
Microstate ledgerBucket counts and selected probabilities are checked.microstateCount=4bucketCounts=0:1|1:2|2:1probabilities=0:1/4=1/4|1:2/4=1/2comparisonBit=1 bitaverageNumerator=4average=1

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The diagram's probability label is derived from the same count ledger.

P=selected counttotal countP=\frac{\hbox{selected count}}{\hbox{total count}}
Counted probabilityThe selected count is source-bound.microstateCount=4bucketCounts=0:1|1:2|2:1probabilities=0:1/4=1/4|1:2/4=1/2comparisonBit=1 bitaverageNumerator=4average=1