Fw: (ot) car length poll

[jtoomasson at yahoo.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

Geez-us!  Now _I'm_ mincing my words  -   AAACCCKKK!

That would be propability....sheesh...


> 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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