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  1. from random import random
  2.  
  3. a = 0.5
  4. b = 1.5
  5. n = 1000
  6.  
  7. meanX = 0
  8. for sampleNumber in range(1000):
  9.     x = 1
  10.     for i in range(n):
  11.         if random() <= 0.5:
  12.           x *= a
  13.         else:
  14.           x *= b
  15.     meanX += x
  16.  
  17. print (meanX / 1000)
Success #stdin #stdout 0.43s 10328KB
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
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9 years ago
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