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Challenge #73: Plinko Probabilities

leozhang2work
10 - Fireball
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12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Like a lot of solutions, this one leans into a bit of a brute force approach. Fortunate piece is that once you work through the first 2, you just copy paste for next 2, then copy those 4 and paste the next 4, couple modifications after paste and done, so not too tedious to build. It runs fast, I can say that.

 

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TonyAndriani
9 - Comet

Reposting to my new user ID.

binu_acs
21 - Polaris

solution attached

scoles0617
8 - Asteroid

My solution:

aiahwieder
9 - Comet

I *think* this is it . . . been a minute since I had to calculate relative probabilities!

mmontgomery
11 - Bolide
11 - Bolide

Challenge #73. Similar to a few others suggested. Preferred a simpler vs scalable route

ExploreMore
8 - Asteroid

I calculated probabilities for each path through the plinko board, but it's been a while since I calculated relative probabilities so this is based on my best understanding of the instructions :)

 

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Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Here is my workflow ! I'm not sure I answered correctly as I didn't fully understand the challenge.

Abiramm1
8 - Asteroid

Genuinely might be my worst solution yet - but we move

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