Quick Rando Question : Fair Coin

[irchans]

I would think that you would want the potential energy of lying on an edge to equal the potential energy of lying on a face. If those energies were equal then,

thickness = diameter.

[MikeL05]

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thickness = diameter.

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[Nottom]

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thickness = diameter.

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For people who say this. Take some poker chips and stack them until they are as tall as a chip on its side.

Now think about whether you still think thickness=diameter.

[irchans]

I taped together a few pennies until the number of side results was approximately equal to the number of heads or tails. At about 11 pennies,

#sides ~= #heads ~= #tails.

A penny has a thickness of about 1/13 of its diameter.