Riddles

That class was actually one I was trying very hard to forget.

 

Even closer? You seem to imply that your solution is the correct one. It is elegant, but still an approximation. Why not go the whole way?

Not quite. That means you will see 1 real case and 499*0.05, or 24.95, false positives in each hypothetical group of 500 tested.

Or better still, dividing 1 by 25.95 = 3.853% = 20/519.

Using high falutin' figgerin, like Bayes' Theorem, has always kept me out of trouble

 

Good riddle dark, and Very well explained Mr Sub !
Bayes's Theorem for conditional probabilities, excellent, well done!!

I knew that


But I found it easier to calculate by using the now famous equation theorem (‡ f+g / fp) which incorporates 3 grounded fireboats, a glass of water and 2 frozen penguins whislin' Dixie

Does anyone know how to remove pesky Amoebas outa my keyboard ?

Thanks

 

In a fair lotto, there is an equal chance for any combination of numbers to come up.

However, some number combinations are much better than others to pick when attempting to win. How is this possible?

 

The theory goes that one should pick numbers over 31; not because they have a better chance of being drawn, but because if they do get selected, your chance of sharing the prize with others goes down. Why 31? I'll leave that for others to explain.

 

You're just too smart.

a) Don't pick patterns on the selection card.
b) Don't pick patterns like "1-2-3-4-5-6"
c) Be as random as possible

But yep, you got it!

 

I can understand a thread not having any replies, but no views? I just took a snapshot, so go ahead and deflower.

 

A little quiz to test your knowledge of ET. All the answers can be found fairly easily, so please, no cheating.

(1) How many forums currently in ET?

(a) 12
(b) 16
(c) 20
(d) 24

(2) Shreddy is

(a) Don Bright's secretary
(b) nitro's dog
(c) Longshot's cat
(d) mytwocents' teddy bear

(3) murray t turtle's favorite King is

(a) Larry
(b) Kong
(c) Solomon
(d) Don

(4) Babak has a connection to

(a) Athens
(b) Haifa
(c) Istanbul
(d) Beirut

(5) Ditch lives in

(a) Holland
(b) Belgium
(c) France
(d) Portugal

(6) A random letter generator was used to create this handle

(a) pitufo
(b) iiphos
(c) jaqaw
(d) redzuk

 

I'll take a stab at it:

1]c
2]b
3]b
4]-
5]a

 

clearly. because the reverse odds have changed. No challenge to the gordian there.