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- From: phkahler@vela.acs.oakland.edu ( Paul H. Kahler)
- Subject: A REAL 3-sided coin
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.172703.2931@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
- Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:27:03 GMT
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- 1) Start with an equilateral right cylinder.
- 2) Eliminate the possibility of it landing on end by:
- a) tapering the ends to a point (a 3-sided football)
- b) rounding the ends
- 3) For each side A=1,2,3 put A face down and write A on the bottom
- of the other 2 sides.
-
- When thrown, this die will, of course, have an equal probability of
- landing on each of its 3 side. I haven't ever seen one and I don't
- know if anyone has ever made one. I just knew such a thing must
- exist, it just took a little thought (trivial :-)
-
- Paul
-