#!/usr/bin/perl -w $coin_toss=1000; # =n $toss_side1=60; # =k $total_p=0; foreach($toss_side1..$coin_toss) { # calculate factorials $n_fac=fac($coin_toss); $n_minus_k_fac=fac($coin_toss-$_); $k_fac=fac($_); # calculate propability for getting side 1 exactly $_ times $partial_p=($n_fac/($n_minus_k_fac*$k_fac))*(0.5**$_)*(0.5**($coin_toss-$_)); # add propability to total propapility $total_p=$total_p+$partial_p; } print"Propability to get side 1 at least $toss_side1 times tossing a coin $coin_toss times: $total_p\n"; system("pause"); exit; # subroutine for calculating factorials sub fac { $_[0]>1?$_[0]*fac($_[0]-1):1; }