A coin with a 1/3 probability of landing on its edge
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According to Bi Dao's popular science explanation, when a coin's diameter is √3 times its thickness, it has a one-third probability of landing on its edge
So I designed this coin, with a diameter of 25mm, just like a one-yuan coin, and a thickness of 14.45mm, and tossed it 50 times
The outcome was truly amazing, with heads, tails, and edge landing 16, 17, and 17 times respectively, and probabilities of 0.32, 0.34, and 0.34!
To ensure the "coin" had uniform density, I used 100% infill
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