A2 6 Heads or Tails

Samuel Cooper, Ethan Steele, Ceres Hamade

Abstract


This paper applies initial conditions to a coin by using classical mechanics to determine the outcome of a coin flip. If a 2p coin is flipped 0.5 meters with a total energy of 0.17 J, then the coin will always land on the opposite face up.This paper highlights how the uncertainty of a coin can diminish.


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