I think you have tossed 10 dice ten times. Change something so you can keep track of the tosses and the dice with two sizes. 10 works for dice in the problem so change the number of tosses somehow.
If you have done 10 tosses, it is a short way to half a million. Good luck Linda -----Original Message----- From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Raul Miller Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 9:43 AM To: Programming forum Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Many Turkey Rolls - No embargo I got lost at d=:purr=: Here's what I had up to that point: oneCup=: 1 10$ 4 6 8 12 20 or oneCup=: ,:2# 4 6 8 12 20 tosses=: +/"1@:?@#&oneCup tosses 10 48 53 53 57 49 39 49 60 38 65 -- Raul On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:16 PM, Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net> wrote: > Here's a more sensible second frequence distribution problem. Forget the > bucket! Put two of each of the five platonic solids in a small cup. > > Toss these dice over and over until you have half a million tosses. Make a > frequency distribution of the half-million sums. See below for a hint that > may or may not work for you. Design a monadic modification of the function > fd and call it d=:purr=: > > The result d will be the two column frequency distribution. > > Provide the percentages for each of the distinct sums that occurred in you > tosses. > > The expression: assert 100= assert 100=1{+/purr d > > Will affirm that your percentages are correct: > > Linda > > -----Original Message----- > From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com > [mailto:programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Linda Alvord > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 4:54 AM > To: 'Programming forum' > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Many Turkey Rolls - No embargo > > That really was some frequency distribution! > > In my thinking the sum of any one toss would range from 5 to 50. > > Here's how the story started in my imagination: > > 7#"1 ,.4 6 8 12 20 > 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 > 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 > 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 > 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 > 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 > > How about if you word an interesting problem to make lots of tosses of these > 5 dice and make a sensible frequency distribution using simple J ? > > I've been wondering why no one solved it in a day or two. > > Too many things interested me this week. Plot is now working nicely. The > Turkey Challenge has been an endless challenge. An excursion in the > imaginary realm which I have ignored for more than 20 years didn't help. > > I'd like to ponder your frequency distribution and finalize a really concise > summary for the turkeys. > > Thanks in advance. > > Linda > > > -----Original Message----- > From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com > [mailto:programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Ric Sherlock > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 4:20 AM > To: Programming forum > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Many Turkey Rolls - No embargo > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Ric Sherlock <tikk...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net> > wrote: >>> For number 2 each time you toss the dice, you must get a total for all > the >>> 500 dice. Next you toss the full bucket of dice 199 more times. Make a >>> frequency distribution of the 200 results. >> >> If I implement this description of number 2 I get almost 200 different >> sums of the 200 throws of 500 dice, i.e. almost all of the sums have a >> frequency of 1 (the odd one has 2 or 3). >> >> platonic=: 4 6 8 12 20 >> sumtoss=: [: +/ ?@$ >> fd=: [: /:~ ({. , #)/.~ >> fd 500 200 sumtoss platonic > > Sorry sumtoss should be: > sumtoss=: [: +/ 1 + ?@$ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
