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Old 08-24-2019, 12:55 PM   #6
DoroFuyutsuki
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Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 19
Default Re: VSauce2's Infinite Money Paradox Reaction

Here is a nice little python program that you can run to verify that this game sucks:

Please note you will have to fix the indentation.


```
import random
import statistics

def play_game():
value = 0
while True:
flip = random.SystemRandom().randint(0, 1)
if flip == 1:
if value == 0:
value += 2
else:
value = value*2
else:
print("Won: ", value)
return value

winnings = []

for x in range(0, 20000):
print("Playing game ", x+1)
winnings.append(play_game())

mean = statistics.mean(winnings)
harmonic_mean = statistics.harmonic_mean(winnings)
median = statistics.median(winnings)
mode = statistics.mode(winnings)
variance = statistics.variance(winnings)
standard_deviation = statistics.stdev(winnings)
full_range = max(winnings) - min(winnings)

print("Range: ", full_range)
print("Mean: ", mean)
print("Harmonic Mean: ", harmonic_mean)
print("Median: ", median)
print("Mode: ", mode)
print("Variance: ", variance)
print("Standard Dev: ", standard_deviation)

```

Last edited by DoroFuyutsuki; 08-24-2019 at 12:56 PM.. Reason: Clarification on indentation.
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