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Comment Simulation gives around 0.4615 (Score 1) 981

#include <stdlib.h>  /* random() */
#include <stdio.h>   /* printf() */
#include <time.h>    /* time()   */
#include <math.h>    /* floor()  */

#define RANDMAX1 2147483648  /* 2**31 = RAND_MAX + 1 for random() */
#define SIMS 1000000000      /* number of simulations */
#define SEXS 2
#define DAYS 7
enum Sex {GIRL, BOY};
enum Day {MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN};

double drand(void);          /* generate random number 0 <= x < 1  */

int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    int sim, i, n, k, boy, hit, sex, day;

    /* system init */
    srandom((unsigned)time(NULL));
    n = 0;
    k = 0;

    /* simulations loop */
    for (sim = 1; sim <= SIMS; ++sim) {

        boy = 0;
        hit = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < 2; ++i) {
            sex = (int)floor(drand() * SEXS);
            day = (int)floor(drand() * DAYS);
            boy += sex;
            if (sex == BOY && day == TUE)
                ++hit;
        }

        if (hit == 1) {    /* Not both boys born on a Tue */
            ++n;
            if (boy == 2)  /* Is the other one a boy as well? */
                ++k;
        }

        /* output */
        if (!(sim % 100000000))
            printf("%i: %i / %i = %lf\n", sim, k, n, (double)k/(double)n);
    }

    return 0;
}

double drand(void) {
    return ((double)random() / ((double)RANDMAX1));
}

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