Simulating the Galton board

The Galton board, also known as the bean machine, is a classical experiment that shows the normal distribution. Using MW, we can easily create models for the Galton board and its derivatives.

The above images are just animated gif files. Click the above button or this link to launch the interactive model.

System requirements: You must have Java Version 5 or higher in order to run this program. Please go to java.com to get the latest Java software, if you are not sure.

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