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+import Control.Monad
+import Data.List (all)
+import Data.Ratio
+
+-- Rational data type
+a1 = 1%4  
+a2 = 1%2 + 1%2  
+a3 = 1%3 + 5%4
+
+-- number of probabilities per number
+b1 = [(3,1%2),(5,1%4),(9,1%4)]
+
+newtype Prob a = Prob { getProb :: [(a,Rational)] } deriving Show
+
+instance Functor Prob where  
+    fmap f (Prob xs) = Prob $ map (\(x,p) -> (f x,p)) xs
+
+-- trying out the Functor instance
+c1 = fmap negate (Prob [(3,1%2),(5,1%4),(9,1%4)]) 
+
+flatten :: Prob (Prob a) -> Prob a  
+flatten (Prob xs) = Prob $ concat $ map multAll xs  
+    where multAll (Prob innerxs,p) = map (\(x,r) -> (x,p*r)) innerxs
+
+instance Monad Prob where  
+    return x = Prob [(x,1%1)]  
+    m >>= f = flatten (fmap f m)  
+    fail _ = Prob []
+
+data Coin = Heads | Tails deriving (Show, Eq)  
+  
+coin :: Prob Coin  
+coin = Prob [(Heads,1%2),(Tails,1%2)]  
+  
+loadedCoin :: Prob Coin  
+loadedCoin = Prob [(Heads,1%10),(Tails,9%10)]
+
+flipThree :: Prob Bool  
+flipThree = do  
+    a <- coin  
+    b <- coin  
+    c <- loadedCoin  
+    return (all (==Tails) [a,b,c])
+
+test = getProb flipThree