Getting 1/3 probability by tossing coins

14 Jan

  1. How can we choose one out of 3 christmass presents with equal probabability?  Or in other words how to obtain 1/3 probability by using one unbiased coin ?
  2. Solve the previous problem if the coin is biased and the bias is uknown.

Solution

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