Searching for most pythonic/least stupid way to do something simple

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david jensen wrote:
> ... and of course i screwed up my outcomes... that should read
> outcomes=[[4,3,8,3,5],[3,4,8,3,5],[2,5,8,3,5],[1,6,8,3,5],[0,7,8,3,5]]

For starters:

def getOutcomes(myList=[2,5,8,3,5]):
   low_id = int(myList[0]>myList[1])
   amountToShare = 2*myList[low_id]
   remainder = myList[not low_id]-myList[low_id]
   tail=myList[2:]
   outcomes = [[amountToShare*perc, remainder+amountToShare*(1-perc)]
+ tail
             for perc in (1.0, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25, 0.0)]
   return outcomes