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Noke Lieu
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Nasty fun...
« on: Oct 28th, 2011, 12:27am » |
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(Thanks to Nigel)
If you chose an answer to this question at random, what's the chance that you'd be correct?
A 25%
B 50%
C 60%
D 25%
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Re: Nasty fun...
« Reply #1 on: Oct 28th, 2011, 8:28am » |
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If I toss a fair coin, choose B if it lands heads and A if it lands tails, then I don't see the problem...
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Re: Nasty fun...
« Reply #2 on: Oct 28th, 2011, 9:54am » |
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0.0%
Even if the options where 25,50,60,50, then 25 and 50 would only be consistent answers, not necessarily correct ones. And 0 would still be an option as well.
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Re: Nasty fun...
« Reply #3 on: Oct 29th, 2011, 6:44pm » |
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Nasty? How about 'Not Even Wrong' for a title? 
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Re: Nasty fun...
« Reply #4 on: Oct 30th, 2011, 11:03am » |
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How about A or C ?
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Noke Lieu
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Re: Nasty fun...
« Reply #5 on: Oct 30th, 2011, 3:54pm » |
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Puzzey- what are you thinking there?
I suspect if you flesh out your idea, you might notice something... puzzling.
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Re: Nasty fun...
« Reply #6 on: Oct 31st, 2011, 2:07am » |
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I would do as follows:
Choose B with probability 15%, C with probability 60%, D with probability 25%.
This way, I can claim I got it right with C and D, which is 85% of times. 
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