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Weighted Coin



Let's play a game:

There is one weighted coin; the rest are fair. You have to figure out which one is unfair... to leave the classroom.

Good luck!

Homework

Flip a coin 100 times. Record the sequence of flips, eg, H, T, T, H... Count  He number of heads and number of tails. What was your longest streak?

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Unknown said…
For the Homework here's the python code that I used:

import random

heads = 0
tails = 0

for x in range(1, 101):
randomInt = random.randint(1, 2)
if randomInt == 1:
print(str(x) + ": Heads")
heads += 1
else:
print(str(x) + ": Tails")
tails += 1
print()
print("HEADS:" + str(heads))
print("TAILS:" + str(tails))
November 16, 2015 at 4:00 PM
Unknown said…
The output of that program should look something like this:

1: Tails
2: Tails
3: Heads
4: Heads
5: Heads
6: Tails
7: Tails
8: Heads
9: Heads
10: Tails
11: Heads
12: Tails
13: Tails
14: Tails
15: Tails
16: Tails
17: Tails
18: Heads
19: Heads
20: Heads
21: Tails
22: Tails
23: Tails
24: Heads
25: Heads
26: Heads
27: Heads
28: Tails
29: Tails
30: Heads
31: Heads
32: Heads
33: Heads
34: Heads
35: Tails
36: Tails
37: Heads
38: Tails
39: Heads
40: Heads
41: Heads
42: Tails
43: Tails
44: Heads
45: Tails
46: Tails
47: Tails
48: Heads
49: Tails
50: Tails
51: Tails
52: Heads
53: Tails
54: Heads
55: Tails
56: Heads
57: Tails
58: Heads
59: Tails
60: Tails
61: Tails
62: Tails
63: Heads
64: Tails
65: Tails
66: Heads
67: Tails
68: Heads
69: Heads
70: Heads
71: Heads
72: Heads
73: Heads
74: Heads
75: Heads
76: Heads
77: Heads
78: Heads
79: Tails
80: Heads
81: Tails
82: Heads
83: Tails
84: Heads
85: Heads
86: Heads
87: Tails
88: Heads
89: Heads
90: Heads
91: Tails
92: Heads
93: Heads
94: Tails
95: Tails
96: Tails
97: Heads
98: Tails
99: Tails
100: Tails

HEADS:52
TAILS:48
November 16, 2015 at 4:02 PM
Unknown said…
Nice, Iggy. Python is so clean.
November 16, 2015 at 4:07 PM
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