Biased Coin

An Advanced Mathematics Lesson Starter Of The Day

You’re playing football on a desert island and want to toss a coin to decide the advantage. Unfortunately, the only coin on the island is bent and is seriously biased. How can you use the biased coin to make a fair decision?

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Reference: This question comes from the book “Are you smart enough to work at Google”.

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