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Every outcome must be possible For example, if the challenge requires a random number from 1-5, all 5 numbers must be possible. It does not need to be uniformly random (unless otherwise specified)...

posted 3y ago by Quintec‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Quintec‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Quintec‭ · 2021-07-26T15:15:38Z (over 3 years ago)
  • # Every outcome must be possible
  • For example, if the challenge requires a random number from 1-5, all 5 numbers must be possible. It does not need to be uniformly random - all 5 numbers may have different probabilities of occurring, but they all must have a nonzero probability.
  • (At any given point in time, too, so answers that rely being past certain times/dates for randomness do not work either)
  • # Every outcome must be possible
  • For example, if the challenge requires a random number from 1-5, all 5 numbers must be possible. It does not need to be uniformly random (unless otherwise specified) - all 5 numbers may have different probabilities of occurring, but they all must have a nonzero probability.
  • (At any given point in time, too, so answers that rely being past certain times/dates for randomness do not work either)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Quintec‭ · 2021-07-26T06:38:18Z (over 3 years ago)
# Every outcome must be possible

For example, if the challenge requires a random number from 1-5, all 5 numbers must be possible. It does not need to be uniformly random - all 5 numbers may have different probabilities of occurring, but they all must have a nonzero probability.

(At any given point in time, too, so answers that rely being past certain times/dates for randomness do not work either)