RosettaCodeData/Task/Probabilistic-choice/00DESCRIPTION

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Given a mapping between items and their required probability of occurrence, generate a million items ''randomly'' subject to the given probabilities and compare the target probability of occurrence versus the generated values.
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The total of all the probabilities should equal one. (Because floating point arithmetic is involved, this is subject to rounding errors).
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Use the following mapping to test your programs:<pre>
aleph 1/5.0
beth 1/6.0
gimel 1/7.0
daleth 1/8.0
he 1/9.0
waw 1/10.0
zayin 1/11.0
heth 1759/27720 # adjusted so that probabilities add to 1</pre>
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;Related task:
* [[Random number generator (device)]]
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