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  4. From: books@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu (Roger Books)
  5. Subject: Re: Three-sided coin
  6. Message-ID: <books.130.0@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu>
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  9. Organization: FSU nuclear physics
  10. References: <1992Nov23.145351.9235@oracorp.com>
  11. Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 17:16:02 GMT
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  14. I now see a thread about rolling this three sided coin.  Why?  If I lay
  15. my normal coin on the floor with heads up and slide it my chance of the
  16. coin coming up tails is almost 0.  This has nothing to do with the chance
  17. of it coming up tails if I flip it.
  18.  
  19. Roger
  20. books@fsunuc.physics.fsu.edu
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