(ot) car length poll

[marc_scirocco at sympatico.ca (marc_scirocco Québec)]

BOING!!!

Silly me!!!

Marc
'83 Scirocco
'88 Scirocco Slegato

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Kent McLean [mailto:kentmclean@mindspring.com]
Envoy? : jeudi 16 octobre 2003 18:22
? : marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Objet : Re: (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