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A riddle

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  1. codell

    codell Member

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    i misunderstood what he meant by horizontal cut :eek:
     
  2. pugsly8422

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    I double checked my email, and that was all the information given. I tried looking it up, but couldn't find anything. In my process I found one that is driving me crazy, and has supposedly been debated for years. It's usually called the "Monty Hall Delimma." You remember the show called Let's Make a Deal?

    Well here is the problem....

    There is a prize behind one of 3 doors, the other 2 doors contain nothing. You pick a door, and Monty Hall immediately shows you one of the other 2 doors containing nothing and asks you if you want to stick with the door you picked or switch to the other remaining door. Statisically, which is better? Switching doors, or sticking with your original door?

    Here is a link I found about it, it seems that everyone has their own opinion:

    http://www.cut-the-knot.org/hall.shtml

    To me it seems that after a door is eliminated you have a 1/2 chance so it doesn't matter what you do. A lot of people are convinced that if you stay with the door you originally picked you have a 1/3 chance, and if you switch you have a 2/3 chance. I just don't see it that way, what do you think?

    Pugs
     
  3. Davidoff

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    Both of these riddles were in the move labyrinth when Sarah has the same type of problem.... BTW how hot is Jennifer Connelly??
    [​IMG]
     
  4. PhiSlammaJamma

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    Since you have a choice after one door has been elminated, and there are no other things that appear to impact the odds, I'd have to say you have a 50/50 chance. 2 doors. One prize. The game changed from pick one out of 3 to pick one out of 2.

    If the person had no choice, then maybe you could justify his odds had not increased.

    But I don't know math rules.
     
  5. JuanValdez

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    There's a hot girlie who lives on the 6th floor and he's hoping to run into her on his way upstairs.

    A-Train, lol!
     
  6. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,512
     
  7. Lil Pun

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    Hmmm...kind of surprised nobody has tried to answer this riddle, if it is an actual riddle.
     
  8. Castor27

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    That would work except it equals $1023, and not $1000
     
  9. Lil Pun

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    Yup, I just took his word for it.
     
  10. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Whoops....details...details....

    It should work if the last envelope is 489 instead of 512 also since you can "get" to 512 using 489 + a combination of other envelopes.
     
  11. SwoLy-D

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    Yo have to see "The Rocketeer." SHE IS HOT there.

    Do you mean Jennifer Connelly before or after BREAST reduction?
     
  12. pugsly8422

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    Here's a good one, if I figured it out anyone can.

    A race car driver drove, on a 4 km long race course, at an average speed of 120 km/h for the first 2 km. How fast does he have to go the second 2 km to average 240 km/h for the entire course?

    Pugs
     
  13. SwoLy-D

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    HE's the ELEVATOR OPERATOR GUY? You know, the one who says: "3rd floor... Lingerie, Women's Clothing, children's clothing..." etc. ?? M I right?

    EDIT: the only times he gets off on the 6th is when it is NOT his shift. (he can't be in there forever)
     
  14. SwoLy-D

    SwoLy-D Member

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    EDIT: 360 km/hr the last 2 kms.
     
    #94 SwoLy-D, May 3, 2005
    Last edited: May 3, 2005
  15. PhiSlammaJamma

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    I'm struggling with the envelope problem.
     
  16. A-Train

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    puglsy, that's not a riddle, that's a math problem...
     
  17. Lil Pun

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    bobrek said this would work:


     
  18. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    It should work with:

    1,2,4,8,16,32,64,128,256,489
     
  19. Astro101

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    That elevator problem...the guy is a midget.

    He's too short to press the higher numbered floors.
     
  20. pugsly8422

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    close enough...wrong answer SwoLy-D.

    Pugs
     

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