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    Graduate What is the likelihood of a coin landing on its edge?

    Before I reply more fully (I probably won't have time today), a quickie question about your flatcar: My question: is that in finite time? It's obvious to me that you can get the rod abritrarily close to 90 degrees, moving arbitrarily slowly: it's the same problem us humans -- well, me...
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    Graduate What is the likelihood of a coin landing on its edge?

    I've have just registered here in order to post this question. I know it's a good idea to read a forum for weeks and months (years!) before daring to post, in case a question has already been discussed in detail -- but it's a burning question! (And it's not homework.) If it is off-topic, or...