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Area/Game:General
Topic:Humour
Subject:Re: Coin Flip
Posted by: tyree - 18years 267days ago.
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Zarby wrote:
tyree wrote:
The coin lands on the deck of an aircraft as it inverts into a negative-G dive. This leads to an endless debate over which side of the coin is "up". Therefore, the "correct" answer is infinit, or two, take your pick.

I choose two, it having never been proved that a coin has ever landed on the "edge".


What kind of proof do you need. I have actually seen it happen once.


I stand corrected, at least for now, according to Wikipedia there is a 1/6000 chance for a nickel to land on it's edge. However, I will see what else I can find because the nickel has a much greater than average thickness to diameter ratio. That is why a general statement like the one we are discussing cannot really be answered. Without a definitive set of "rules" about what we are debating, the humor goes on an on and on.

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