Okay, thanks for the answer.
]]>How did you get 7 / 16 by multiplying?
The probability for both parts NOT to produce a knot is 3/4 for each (since the probability to produce a knot is 1/4). Therefore the total probability NOT to have a knot is 3/4*3/4 = 9/16, thus giving us probability to have a knot 1-9/16 = 7/16.
It wasn't me who solved it, I just unraveled anonimnystefy's solution
]]>No, both probabilities are 1/4.
So, how do you get 7/16? Am confused
]]>Well, I looked at the two parts separately, because they are virtually independent. For one, there are 8 possibilities for one and 16 for the other. Then I just combine them.
So you mean that in the right part there are only 3/16 possibilities that a knot is produced? Because at the left part I see there are 2/8, that is 4/16.
]]>Um, have you seen my answer?
Yes, but I do not understand how you calculate it
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