simulate a dice throw
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how do I simulate a die throw? Can a random number generator between 1 to 6 do the same job?
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James Tursa
on 1 Sep 2020
Edited: James Tursa
on 1 Sep 2020
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E.g., for a single throw you could use randi(6)
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John D'Errico
on 1 Sep 2020
Edited: John D'Errico
on 1 Sep 2020
Why not? Remember that numbers are just symbols. It is how you choose to interpret those symbols that matters. If you want to associate a face of a die with the number 1, another face with the number 2, etc., why not? That is your choice.
A random integer generator such as randi generates equally probable numbers, if you want, from the set 1:6. And equiprobable is what a fair die would have as a property, right?
Mathematics is about symbols. It is too easy to get lost in the idea that mathematics is purely arithmetic.
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