(ot) car length poll

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Thank you, Kent - I was hoping someone else would jump in with the right
answer before I lost it...

Damn - you Canadians should have gotten this one.  Like I said - the
probably is   1 in _eh-t_   :p

JT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean@mindspring.com>
To: <marc_scirocco@sympatico.ca>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 3:21 PM
Subject: 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
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