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Is it really 50% though since more than one ball is falling through at a time? Wouldn't a steel ball hitting another steel ball affect it's possible path?
by HeraldEmbar 7y ago
Is it really 50% though since more than one ball is falling through at a time? Wouldn't a steel ball hitting another steel ball affect it's possible path?
- superqwert 7y agoif the distances between circles approaching another circle is more-or-less the width of the ball, the other balls will not affect it much. + The additional perturbations make the situation more random, rather than entirely based on the inconsistencies of the board design.
- leni536 7y agoNotice how the drawn Gaussian doesn't follow the bottom row of binomial coefficients of the Pascal's triangle[1]. The model that assumes that each ball independently falls left or right exactly one unit is limited and doesn't actually describe many real world Galton boards. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/GaltonBoard.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/GaltonBo...