@GarethMcCaughan that was an overreaction based on things that were happening outside of this chatroom, I'm sorry. What I meant is basically I don't have the headspace to relitigate that debate.
You are given a biased coin. With probability $p$ it produces heads, where $p$ is in the range $(0,1)$. How can you use this coin to simulate an unbiased fair coin, ie., a coin that produces heads with probability $0.5$?
@bobble Fair enough! For the avoidance of doubt, I wasn't seeking to relitigate it -- just explaining one reason why I might be less keen on closing years-old questions for being a bit open-ended.
What is the recommended action if the solver has left one minor part unsolved and the setter has forgotten the answer of that minor part? I just accept it? :P
Mrs. Betty made a squared cake with chocolate frosting for his neighbors to the afternoon tea. However, first she sliced a middle piece for her two grandchildren and cut it in half:
There was no leftovers from the rest of the cake after the afternoon tea.
At the end of the day, Mrs. Betty was an...
A lady had two jobs. One of her jobs was to teach a high school math class part-time. . She was teaching math terminology (prefixes and suffixes).
"Un(i) is 1.
Bi is 2.
Tri is 3.
Quad is 4.
Quince is 5.
...
And a dozen is 13."
What was the teacher's other part time job?
Mom is cooking for a feast.
She used 4 tomatoes in her salad. She used 3 times as many potatoes, and 2 less giant carrots. Mom's bowl can contain 46 vegetables, and she filled the bowl to capacity. How many cabbages did she use if each cabbage is the size of 2 vegetables?
If she used half as many...