405 probability/flips/unfair.p
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This article is from the Puzzles FAQ, by Chris Cole chris@questrel.questrel.com and Matthew Daly mwdaly@pobox.com with numerous contributions by others.
405 probability/flips/unfair.p
Generate even odds from an unfair coin. For example, if you
thought a coin was biased toward heads, how could you get the
equivalent of a fair coin with several tosses of the unfair coin?
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Toss twice. If both tosses give the same result, repeat this process
(throw out the two tosses and start again). Otherwise, take the first
of the two results.
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