What is the information entropy of the results of spinning a roulette wheel with 38 possible equally
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What is the information entropy of the results of spinning a roulette wheel with 38 possible equally likely outcomes (36 numbers, 0 and 00) 10 times? How many fair coins would you need to flip to get this much information entropy?
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