On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Tyler White tylerwhitedes...@gmail.comwrote:
The solution depends on how you consider the answers... you can say that
there are four unique answers (A, B, C, D) or you could say there are only 3
answers (25%, 50%, 60%). It's a trick question! Hahahah
Oops fat fingered earlier email. I think this, as Tyler sez, is tricky
because of the double 25. You have a 50% chance of 25, but only 25% of the
other two. Like the Monty Hall, I'd like to hear a pro reason through to
the answer.
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 9:39 AM, Owen Densmore
Imagine it's not multiple choice...
On 10/29/11 9:44 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
Oops fat fingered earlier email. I think this, as Tyler sez, is
tricky because of the double 25. You have a 50% chance of 25, but
only 25% of the other two. Like the Monty Hall, I'd like to hear a
pro reason
Zero. Because the actual correct answer is herring
—R
On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Carl Tollander c...@plektyx.com wrote:
Imagine it's not multiple choice...
On 10/29/11 9:44 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
Oops fat fingered earlier email. I think this, as Tyler sez, is tricky
because of
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Imagine it's not multiple choice...
On 10/29/11 9:44 AM, Owen Densmore wrote:
Oops fat fingered earlier email. I think this, as Tyler sez, is tricky because
of the double 25. You have a 50% chance of 25, but only 25% of the other two
If we take this seriously, which I doubt we should :), I think you'd have
to create a tree of probabilities much like monty hall problem. (at least
if there isn't a trivial nifty solution!)
So start at the root of the tree, generate a branch for choosing each of
the three answers, 33.3% each.
