Absolute C++, Student Value Edition, 6/e
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Chapter 4, Problem 11PP
You are a contestant on a game show and have won a shot at the grand prize. Before you are three doors. $1,000,000 in cash has randomly been placed behind one door. Behind the other two doors are the consolation prizes of dishwasher detergent. The game show host asks you to select a door, and you randomly pick one. However, before revealing the prize behind your door, the game show host reveals one of the other doors that contains a consolation prize. At this point, the game show host asks if you would like to stick with your original choice or to switch to the remaining door.
Write a function to simulate the game show problem. Your function should randomly select locations for the prizes, select a door at random chosen by the contestant, and then determine whether the contestant would win or lose by sticking with the original choice or switching to the remaining door. You may wish to create additional functions invoked by this function.
Next, modify your
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OR less than or greater than the number by 3 (+3 or -3), then player 2
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Test Case 1
Input
Player 1, enter a number: 50
Player 2, enter a number: 10
Player 2, enter a number: 10
Player 2, enter a number: 20
Player 2, enter a number: 5
Player 2, enter a number: 7
Output
Player 2 wins
Explanation: The summation of 10,10,20,5 and 7 is 52 which is greater than
50 by 2. According to the rule, player 2 wins.
Test Case 2
Input
Player 1, enter a number: 50
Player 2, enter a number: 10
Player 2, enter a number: 10
Player 2, enter a number: 20
Player 2, enter a number: 5
Player 2, enter a number: 1
Output
Player 1 wins
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You're hosting a game show that needs a wheel of fortune. Your task is to test if the wheel of fortune works well. To do this, spin the wheel several times and write down normalized deviation angles from the initial state so that the results range between 0 and 1. The wheel of fortune is suitable for the show if the results are evenly distributed on the interval [0, 1].
You will get the following 25 observations:0.42 0.06 0.88 0.40 0.90 0.38 0.78 0.71 0.57 0.66 0.48 0.35 0.16 0.22 0.08 0.110.29 0.79 0.75 0.82 0.30 0.23 0.01 0.41 0.09Use a suitable program language (e.g. R or Python) and a Kolmogorov–Smirnov test to check whether the wheel of fortune is suitable. Determine the p-value.
A group of people, numbered 1 to N, are sitting in a circle. Starting at person 1, a hot potato is passed. After x number of passes, the person holding the hot potato is eliminated, the circle closes ranks, and the game continues with the person who was sitting after the eliminated person picking up the hot potato. The last remaining person wins.
For example:
number of passes = 1 and number of players = 5, the order of elimination is 2, 4, 1, 5.
Write a program for general values of X and N.
Ask a user for the number of people and number of passes
To speed up the input and debugging, you may wish to store the names of the people in a file. Make sure no two names start the same letter ( Alex and Ana are not OK). Alternatively, you can number the players.
Output number and/or the name of a person being eliminated
Output number and the name of the winner
Do not expect a user to do the right thing, error check the user input; among other things, what do you think a reasonable…
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