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  1. Click on the neutral pion. Into what does it decay?
  2. Sample the neutral pion 10 times. Is there another decay? What is it?
  3. Sample the neutral pion 100 times. Is there another decay? What is it?
  4. Sample the neutral pion 1000 times. What percent of the time do you see a second decay mode (combination)?
  5. Sample the positive tau lepton 10 times. How many decay modes are there? Which is the most probable? Which is the least probable?
  6. Sample the positive tau lepton decay 100 times. How many decay modes are there? Which is the most probable? Which is the least probable?
  7. Sample the positive tau lepton decay 1000 times. How many decay modes are there? Which is the most probable? Which is the least probable?
  8. Sample the antiproton 1000 times. Does it decay? Keep trying until you give up.

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