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Can you solve this (fun) math problem?

Asked by finkelitis (1907points) June 7th, 2009

This one is just for fun—I saw it years ago on a very cool exam. You have a fair coin, meaning it’s equally likely to come up heads or tails. How can you design a game that involves only flipping the coin, that you have a one out of three chance of winning?

This isn’t a trick question. It’s possible to come up with many different honest solutions.

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