Probability problem.

ElainaVW · 2013-05-28 08:58:18

Hello

There is a new game in town. You wager against the dealer who has a circle of circumference of one. Ten points are randomly drawn on the circumference. From each of the points, an arc is drawn counterclockwise with length one quarter. You win when the arcs cover the entire circumference.

It seems obvious that you need at least several arcs to cover the circumference. I am getting odds of 2 to 1. Is this a good bet?

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bobbym · 2013-05-28 09:31:39

Hi; ElainaVW;

ElainaVW · 2013-05-28 09:39:10

Hi Bobby

Thank you for the answer

What method did you use?

Do you know how to get the average number of gaps?

bobbym · 2013-05-28 09:47:46

Hi;

ElainaVW · 2013-06-13 00:48:09

Hello:)

a,b,c,d are positive integers that are odd. There is a smallest fraction for that expression in the form

where x and y are coprime and x / y is positive. What is x + y?

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bobbym · 2013-06-13 00:58:25

Hi;

anonimnystefy · 2013-06-13 02:02:13

Hi ElainaVW

ElainaVW · 2013-06-14 00:17:05

bobbym and anonimnystefy

That is what I have.

bobbym · 2013-06-14 00:20:15

Hi;

Angie Pop · 2013-07-15 00:31:39

With all "Probability posts on this Forum, none of the responses gives examples of explaining "Probability" in simplistic terms and in a manner that will allow kids to understand "Probability - Chance and Data"in a manner thatwills simplistic and easy to understand by kids to- how can I do this?

bobbym · 2013-07-15 00:41:00

I would have to disagree with that. I think there are a number of people here who can explain almost anything math related or anything else in simple terms.

Also, I have 8,9,12,13,14,16,18 year old young people that discuss math with me. I do not believe in talking down to people because they are young in age. In my time most of them would be considered adults. I can not disagree more with the "modern concept" that young people are babies and can not understand.

When someone posts I explain the relevant mathematics until he/she understands it as well as I do or gives up. All that is necessary is patience and confidence that younger people can absorb math much faster than older folks like myself.

If you give them a chance they will amaze you.

Probability is my specialty, I earned my living off of it most of my life. I can solve any darn probability probability anyone ever thought off or is likely to think of.
That is a conceit but it is a healthy one.

You have picked this post as an example. I urge you to look around a little more. ElainaVW is a genius, with an IQ of around 165 - 170. She likes to try to fry my brain with tough probability/combinatorics/computational questions. Of course she always fails but I admire her persistence.

anonimnystefy · 2013-07-15 02:21:32

I can solve any darn probability probability anyone ever thought off or is likely to think of.

What about the 5x5 square problem?

bobbym · 2013-07-15 02:23:46

some guy wrote:

That is a conceit but it is a healthy one.

bobbym · 2013-07-19 05:47:21

Hi;

Sorry for the double posting but someone requested the solution to this.

ElainaVW · 2013-07-20 21:25:02

Hi bobbym;

Did you try those two formulas out? Didn't I ask you earlier in this thread?

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bobbym · 2013-07-20 21:31:40

Hi;

I do not have the paper that is mentioned so I had to do some simulations with the code provided. They check out as far as that.

Didn't I ask you earlier in this thread?

If you mean for the solution, yes you did. I did not post it then because I wanted to give other people a chance to work on it.

ElainaVW · 2013-07-28 02:33:30

Hello,

A random walk has two reflecting barriers at 0 and 3. By reflecting I mean that when they are reached the next move must be in the opposite direction. Each move is one unit right or left. Is that understandable?

My question is in how many ways can she finish on 3 if she makes 999 moves?:)

bobbym · 2013-07-28 02:54:35

Hi;

gAr · 2013-07-28 23:09:20

Hi,

bobbym · 2013-07-28 23:25:55

Hi gAr;

gAr · 2013-07-29 00:15:34

Hi bobbym,

bobbym · 2013-07-29 00:18:03

gAr · 2013-07-29 00:22:44

That's right!

bobbym · 2013-07-29 00:32:38

Hi;

I did run into someone else who had that same solution ( the only other two I could find like that ) and amazingly he had a similar name to you and is about your same age. He even lives around where you do. Just a coincidence, I would imagine.

gAr · 2013-07-29 00:39:42

Hi,

That may be true!

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