Like the birthday problem, or the Monty Hall problem, or any other bizarre problems you have heard of. Please give solid, understandable explanations.
NOTE: You do not have to explain probability...that's less fun. It's all those situations where the answer if couterintuitive that are interesting.
2006-08-18 16:26:17 · 3 answers · asked by iandanielx 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
If I ever write a book on the subject, I'll send you an autographed copy.
Meantime, check out what you get when you put "probability calculations", "probability equations", etc. into a search engine ☺
Doug
2006-08-18 16:34:40 · answer #1 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it truly is particularly a not user-friendly one yet there are 4 different consequences that there's a white chip picked very last, so that you want to artwork out the risk for each of the outcomes (rrrww, rrwrw, rrwrw, wrrrw and rwrrw) and then upload the fraction mutually, the reply ought to come to 33/120
2016-11-05 03:29:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_paradox
2006-08-18 17:05:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋