Flexible Galton Board


	Each time a red ball hits a green nail, it can bounce left or right with a certain probability. This Demonstration shows how balls accumulate in the bins at the bottom, approximating a binomial distribution.


	Contributed by: Michael Schreiber

The Galton board, also known as a quincunx or bean machine, is a device for statistical experiments named after English scientist Sir Francis Galton.

Galton Board (Wolfram MathWorld)

"Flexible Galton Board" from The Wolfram Demonstrations Project
http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/FlexibleGaltonBoard/

Contributed by: Michael Schreiber

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