So, in my digging about on the intertubes I came across this neat little Python problem about birthdays and the probability of them occurring on the same day within a small group of people and I thought it was pretty spiffy.
Yes... I said "spiffy."
First of all, I'd like everyone to read through the article and take a good look-over at the code. The page is set up so you can view and run the code right in your browser, so take advantage of that and look under the hood.
After you've chewed through that, I'd like YOU to come up with your own take on this type of problem. Think about how you can use what you've read to make your own probability tester with random inputs. Apples on trees, bacteria in a petri dish, boils on a plague victim... that sort of thing. Write it up, test it out and we'll share them on Monday!
Woo! Plague!
Yes... I said "spiffy."
First of all, I'd like everyone to read through the article and take a good look-over at the code. The page is set up so you can view and run the code right in your browser, so take advantage of that and look under the hood.
After you've chewed through that, I'd like YOU to come up with your own take on this type of problem. Think about how you can use what you've read to make your own probability tester with random inputs. Apples on trees, bacteria in a petri dish, boils on a plague victim... that sort of thing. Write it up, test it out and we'll share them on Monday!
Woo! Plague!