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07-17-2012, 09:53 PM
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@Flamewire- Not really a 0. A really low number, yes, but not 0.
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07-17-2012, 11:06 PM
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Great link, tokenadult! This reminds me of the experience of the man who (post-college) tried to take the SAT and answer every question incorrectly. His first attempt was foiled when he encoded part of his name, and used it to answer one of the grid-ins--and that turned out to be the correct answer! (I am fairly sure that this story is true.)
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07-18-2012, 10:42 AM
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lmao visualize 1,500,000 robots that guess by random probabilities take the SAT..
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07-18-2012, 11:22 AM
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Someone should test this with all the fancy computer systems they have nowadays. That would be an excellent read!
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07-18-2012, 09:40 PM
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lmao visualize 1,500,000 robots that guess by random probabilities take the SAT...
| Usually for this kind of thing, an infinite line of monkeys is employed.
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07-19-2012, 01:44 AM
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You know the famous "monkeys and typewriters" problem? Given a bunch of monkeys all randomly typing on keyboards, they will very likely produce words, sentences, pieces of literature, since each string of letters has a non-zero probability of being randomly typed.
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07-19-2012, 05:00 AM
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I have even seen people use strategies like: "Oh, I haven't picked option C in a while, not its turn for C, shooooooo" WOW  | |
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07-19-2012, 10:11 AM
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This was an amusing link, I also enjoyed the other two articles about Yoda and the baseball, too! Well worth reading and a fun example of math in the "real" world. Thanks!
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07-20-2012, 09:52 PM
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If the probability were zero, it would be a "certainty."
Since the probability is not zero, but so small that for any practical application it might as well be, it is indeed a "statistical certainty." Probability - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | |
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07-20-2012, 09:59 PM
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@RosaMichelle, did you take the 2012 AMC12A? The answers were pretty bizarre...
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07-20-2012, 10:01 PM
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Everyone here is smart enough to know what "zero" means. But you are completely missing the point of the article. It's not meant to be educational - quit being pedantic.
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07-22-2012, 02:21 PM
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That would be stupid.
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10-14-2012, 08:30 PM
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then we better pray that that person is very lucky that day..
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10-22-2012, 05:07 PM
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never guess!!
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10-22-2012, 05:10 PM
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omit the question if you dont have 2 out of 5 cross out
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