it's 3/5 On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote:
> @Dipankar: You are correct about the answer to your alternative > question being 17/80, but your answer 3/5 says that you don't think > you have learned anything by the five heads flips. Don has given a > good explanation as to why the answer is 17/18, but you apparently > refuse to accept it. There is none so blind as one who will not see. > > Dave > > On Aug 8, 9:26 pm, Dipankar Patro <dip10c...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 3/5. > > > > As the question doesn't ask anything about the sequence. > > Had the question been " Find the probability that all 6 are H " then it > > would have been 17/80. > > > > On 9 August 2011 04:07, Dave <dave_and_da...@juno.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > @Vinay: What if you tossed 100 consecutive heads? Would that be enough > > > to convince you that you had the double-headed coin? If so, then > > > doesn't tossing 5 consecutive heads give you at least an inkling that > > > you might have it? Wouldn't you then think that there would be a > > > higher probability of getting a head on the sixth toss than there was > > > on the first toss (3/5)? Don's conditional probability answer 17/18 is > > > the right answer. > > > > > Dave > > > > > On Aug 8, 5:04 pm, vinay aggarwal <vinayiiit2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > answer should be 3/5 > > > > think like that tossing 5 times will not help you predict the outcome > > > > of sixth toss. Therefore that information is meaningless. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > > > Please do not print this e-mail until urgent requirement. Go Green!! > > Save Papers <=> Save Trees > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
