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Okay, there are only 6 cases that anyone would really want to win in that game:
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
750,000
1,000,000
Now, there are 26 cases to pick from in the beginning of the game. So a person has a 6 out of 26 chance of picking a "good" case on that first pick.
As the game goes on, do the chances that your case have a good number ever change?
For example, if you get down to 4 cases. They have:
$50
$400
$400,000
$750,000
Are your odds now 1 in 4 that you have $750,000 or are they still 6 in 26?
I assume that your chances are still 6 out of 26 that you have a good case and that has never changed.
Thoughts?
6 in 26 and 1 in 4 are almost the exact same odds. 23% versus 25%
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Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:Okay, there are only 6 cases that anyone would really want to win in that game:
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
750,000
1,000,000
Now, there are 26 cases to pick from in the beginning of the game. So a person has a 6 out of 26 chance of picking a "good" case on that first pick.
As the game goes on, do the chances that your case have a good number ever change?
For example, if you get down to 4 cases. They have:
$50
$400
$400,000
$750,000
Are your odds now 1 in 4 that you have $750,000 or are they still 6 in 26?
I assume that your chances are still 6 out of 26 that you have a good case and that has never changed.
Thoughts?
They are 1-4. They change everytime you remove a case. Either good or bad.
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Flumper Barflusterbutt Wrote:No, not even that is right. Are your chances 2 in 26 of having $400,000 or $750,000 or are they 2 in 4?
They are 2 in 4 in that case. You have 4 cases. 2 of them have the amount you want. You odds are 2 in 4.
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SanDog Wrote:They are 2 in 4 in that case. You have 4 cases. 2 of them have the amount you want. You odds are 2 in 4.
2 in 4 in that case are
2 in 4 in that case
.What makes you think I have 4 cases?As Bertrand Russel said, it must have taken ages for people to realize that a brace of pheasants and a couple of days are both instances of the number "two."Thanks for telling me:
said I odds are 2 in 4.
Who said I had to make sense ?
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2 in 4. jesus christ, when is your daughter going to reg?
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You're all missing the point. Carry on.
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The more important question is does running around the stage and jumping up and down improve your odds?
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I hope that person I don't give a fuck about randomly selects the case with the most $$ in it even though a monkey has the same odds!!
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