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Don't try this barefoot. (Posted on 2011-12-01)

You have a box of tacks for which it has been determined that if you toss them on the floor precisely 36% will land point up.

How many of these tacks could you toss to make the most likely result be that 10 of them will land point up.

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Subject	Author	Date
Another programatic solution	Larry	2020-01-15 09:16:14
Quick and dirty approximation	Steve Herman	2011-12-01 15:12:55
computer-assisted solution	Charlie	2011-12-01 13:32:42

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