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#1 2012-05-22 08:11:32
- juantheron
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dice probability
A and B alternately throw a die....The numbers they get on their throws are individually added......the first person to get a overall sum of 10 wins....what is the probability that A wins the game given that it is the first to start the game
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#2 2012-05-22 08:20:54
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Re: dice probability
What happens if they go passed 10?
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#3 2012-05-22 09:23:23
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Re: dice probability
I would go with the guess that they win if they the total 10 or more.
Was I dreaming when I saw justlookingforthemoment post yesterday?
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#4 2012-05-22 09:44:36
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Re: dice probability
I have never seen that person.
I would go with the guess that they win if they the total 10 or more.
That might be the case but probability problems are hard enough without having to deal with ambiguities in the questions.
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#5 2012-05-22 09:49:55
- anonimnystefy
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Re: dice probability
Well that is the only logical assumption,in my opinion.
I am sure you know justlookingforthemoment. He is a member here. A moderator no less!
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#6 2012-05-22 09:53:09
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Re: dice probability
Yes, but it is your opinion. The probability of one of them reaching exactly 10 is also a legitimate partition question. As for me I do not wish to use an entire afternoon working on the wrong problem.
justlookingforthemoment:
I do not know anything about this member. I do not even know what gender they are. This member was before my time.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#7 2012-05-22 09:56:02
- anonimnystefy
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Re: dice probability
Well,from the wording we can see that there will always be a winner,whichisn't the case when they have to reach exactly 10.
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#8 2012-05-22 09:59:15
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Re: dice probability
Why not? First guy to exactly 10 wins? If both pass, new game. Just saying, a good answer should be preceded by a well thought out question.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#9 2012-05-22 10:04:31
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Re: dice probability
It states nowhere that there can be a new game,and assuming that seems to me to be a little too far-fetched. But I do agree that bad wording can lead to wasting time and getting wrong answers.
Btw,do you know how to solve a Rubik's cube?
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#10 2012-05-22 10:06:12
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Re: dice probability
Could be, call the other a draw. It is also does not say anything about more than 10.
There are programs to solve Rubik's cubes.
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#11 2012-05-22 10:28:05
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Re: dice probability
Look at it this way. If it was meant to say over 10 it would be a one word mistake. If it was meant to say what you said,that would be.missing.out a whole sentence. So over 10 is more likely to be the wording. And it is more intuitive.
I am asking you if you can solve it.
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#12 2012-05-22 10:31:58
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Re: dice probability
I will wait for juan and a definite answer or more accurately, a definite question.
About the cube:
1) Sorry, but I rarely do anything that a computer can do.
2) With my hands I think I would need a chiropractor standing by and I do not have one.
3) There are already kids younger than you that can do them in around 4 seconds. The worst part is they do not have a sense of humor.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#13 2012-05-27 09:14:44
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Re: dice probability
Imust note that there will never be more than 10 throws each.
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#14 2012-05-27 09:48:41
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Re: dice probability
Hi anonimnystefy;
Yes. Just doesn't seem to simplify the problem.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#15 2012-05-27 10:06:29
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Re: dice probability
Maybe we can brute force it. Find all the possibilities. 
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#16 2012-05-27 10:08:40
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Re: dice probability
I have run 2 simulations and know the answer.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#17 2012-05-27 10:20:13
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Re: dice probability
What is it?
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#18 2012-05-27 10:22:23
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Re: dice probability
What is it?
Now you are learning! Perhaps, you have stumbled onto the "Stone of Truth." And at only 15! Very impressive!
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In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#19 2012-05-27 10:30:05
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Re: dice probability
Stone of Truth?
Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#20 2012-05-27 10:35:05
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Re: dice probability
Yes, you finally asked a good question in post #17.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#21 2012-05-27 10:40:22
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Re: dice probability
1)What were then my other questions?
2)How is that question good?
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#22 2012-05-27 10:42:07
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Re: dice probability
1) Your other questions were the questions of a stuck in the mud mathematician.
2) Because perhaps your eyes are opening up to something else.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#23 2012-05-27 10:51:54
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Re: dice probability
What do you mean,stuck in the mud mathematician?
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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#24 2012-05-27 10:54:09
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Re: dice probability
Read any Einstein or Thorough?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#25 2012-05-27 10:56:07
- anonimnystefy
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Re: dice probability
No,why?
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
The knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.
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