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  4. From: matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Brett McInnes)
  5. Subject: Re: Three-sided coin (ANSWER)
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov13.090845.16321@nuscc.nus.sg>
  7. Organization: National University of Singapore
  8. References: <1992Nov12.134111.3793@schaefer.math.wisc.edu>
  9. Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 09:08:45 GMT
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  12. mueller@schaefer.math.wisc.edu (Carl Douglas Mueller) writes:
  13. : In the DOVER book "Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions,"
  14. : the 38th problem is called "The Thick Coin."  It is:  "How thick should a coin
  15. : be to have a 1/3 chance of landing on edge."  
  16.  
  17. Is there any country in the world that issues such thick coins so we
  18. can check this out experimentally? In my travels I found that the
  19. thickest [relative to diameter] coin is the British pound. But that
  20. isn't thick enough.
  21.