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(ot) car length poll



marc_scirocco Quebec wrote:
> P(heads and heads and heads) = 1/2 * 1/2 * 1/2 = 1/2^3 = 1/6 = 0.1667

Real close. Correct reasoning, incorrect math.
2*2 = 4, 4*2=8, so 1/2*1/2*1/2=1/8.

What kind of math do they teach you up there, eh?  :-)

Kent