Solving the Monkey and coconuts problem

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I've been trying to solve this problem since 1975. I just glanced at the linked page, yes it is indeed the same problem, but I don't want to know the answer, I want to solve it myself.

I'm pretty sure I know how it's done now, but I haven't had the headspace to deal with it yet.

Oh my blog isn't giving an analytical solution, if that is what you want to do, it is simulating the problem to find a solution.

(The video does do an analytical solution though).

Here is a related problem. I think it's related anyway:

WITHOUT USING A CALCULATOR!

How many chocolate chips must one mix into the dough used to bake one hundred thousand chocolate chip cookies, such that ninety-eight percent of the cookies contain at least two chips?

I don't recall the precise numerical answer but I do know how it's done; I solved that problem in a final exam at Caltech in less than fifteen minutes.

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