Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Mon Jan 14 21:29:21 CST 2013
Probablilty = 0.4285714285714286 Odds = 3:4 15 wins out of 35 possible outcomes. -- Stuart On 14 Jan 2013 at 20:42, Arthur Fuller wrote: > A few days back I posed a problem about the World Series of baseball, which > was this: Assume equal teams; for those unacquainted with baseball, the > World Series is a series of 7 games maximum; the winner is the first team > to win 4 games. > > I should have known better than to pose the problem in terms of baseball, > since there are so many "external" factors. So let me re-pose the problem > in terms of coin-tosses. The winner is still the one who wins 4 tosses. > Suppose I win the first toss. What is the probability that you will win the > series? > > -- > Arthur > Cell: 647.710.1314 > > Prediction is difficult, especially of the future. > -- Niels Bohr > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >