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#!/usr/bin/python3 | |
from math import factorial | |
def choose(n,k): | |
return factorial(n) / (factorial(k) * factorial(n-k)) | |
def get_inputs(): | |
trials = int(input("Number of flips: ")) | |
heads_count = int(input("At least of heads: ")) | |
heads_prob = float(input("Percent chance heads: ")) | |
return (trials, heads_count, heads_prob) | |
if __name__ == "__main__": | |
trials, heads_count, heads_prob = get_inputs() | |
c_prob = 0 | |
for n in range(trials, heads_count -1, -1): | |
#probability of getting exactly n in flips trials, given heads_prob | |
p = choose(trials, n) * heads_prob**trials | |
c_prob += p | |
print(f'given the probability of getting a heads is {heads_prob}\n' | |
f'probability of getting exactly {n} heads in {trials} trials = {p}.\n' | |
f'probability of getting {n} or more heads in {trials} trials = {c_prob}.') |
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