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60 PRINT assigned BANG Fig blank BOARDWALK BUFFON'S NEEDLE cards carriage return CHOOSE computed GOTO statement computer print consult your manual cont'd DATA statements digits DOLLARS DOLLY END Figure ENTIRE WORD example execution EXPRESSWAY FIRE FOLLOWING INCORRECT GUESSES formula FOXHOLE GAMBLER'S RUIN GOSUB statement gravitational constant GUESS A LETTER GUESS THE ENTIRE HANG Hint IMAGE statement IMPACT VELOCITY INITIAL STAKE INPUT instructions integer JIMMY THE GREEK line 50 line feed line numbers LINEAR CONGRUENTIAL METHOD Lowercase MEAN NUMBER Modify the program Movement NUMBER OF STEPS odds optimal strategy PENNIES player PRINT LIN(1 PRINT TAB print-out in Fig program BANG program DRUNK program of Fig Project pseudo-random random numbers READ reader regular polygons retro-rockets round-off errors seed number sequence shown in Fig SOFT LANDING space statement in line STEPS TO ABSORPTION sub-string Ted Lewis Uppercase walk Write a program WRONG GUESS