Final1

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    /// Name: Ian Stanko
    /// Period: 5
    /// Program Name: Final1
    /// File Name: Final1.java
    /// Date Finished: 1/20/2016
    
    import java.util.Scanner;
    import java.util.Random;
    
    public class Final1 
    {
        
        public static void main(String[] args) 
        {
            
            Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
            Random r = new Random();
            
            int flips = 1, heads = 0, tails = 0;
            
            System.out.println( "Welcome to the coin toss!" );
            System.out.print( "How many times would you like to flip the coin? " );
            flips = keyboard.nextInt();
            
            for ( int i = 1; i <= flips; i++ ) 
            {
                int side = 1;
                side = r.nextInt(2);
                
                if ( side == 0 ) 
                {
                    heads++;
                } else 
                {
                    tails++;
                }
            }
            
            double probOfHeads = 100 * heads / flips;
            double probOfTails = 100 * tails / flips;
            
            System.out.println( "You flipped + " + heads + " heads and " + tails + " tails." );
            System.out.println( "The probability of flipping heads:" + probOfHeads + "%" );
            System.out.println( "The probability of flipping tails:" + probOfTails + "%" );
            
        }
    }
    
    ///i used a loop because it repeated the flip as many times as was input
    ///if statements were used because it allows to add up the number of heads or tails to find the probability in the end
    ///around 10000 flips the probabilities start to level off at 50% and 49% but dont seem to get closer to 50%-50% the larger you make the number of flips


    

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