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No correct answers yet. Not elvaago's 1/9, nor snookersfun's 2/9...
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"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
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in that case is it really small (tiny fraction)?Comment
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Um.... well, what do you class as tiny? I wouldn't call it THAT small...Originally Posted by snookersfun"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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I went for something like 1/9^n (for n = number of completed exchanges),
but this is probability and 'ichs'
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It's bigger than 1/9.Originally Posted by snookersfunI went for something like 1/9^n (for n = number of completed exchanges),
but this is probability and 'ichs' "If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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is that a trick question and finally it is 1/3?????Comment
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or wait 1/6 sounds good as well.
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Many of those fractions sound good... but none sounds good enough!Originally Posted by snookersfunor wait 1/6 sounds good as well.
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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1/4
not that you think, I am just guessing (there is some serious thinking behind this all, just the theory evades me....)
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It's not 1/4 eitherOriginally Posted by snookersfun1/4
not that you think, I am just guessing (there is some serious thinking behind this all, just the theory evades me....) This question is lasting much longer than I had thought it would!
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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Still no right answers... sorryOriginally Posted by abextraOk, I'll go for 1/5 then.
"If anybody can knock these three balls in, this man can."
David Taylor, 11 January 1982, as Steve Davis prepared to pot the blue, in making the first 147 break on television.Comment
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can I ask another one meanwhile? I have no more good fractions for the above one...
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So, here is the next round. According to the new rules, I shall have the answers PMed as well. Deadline is until Wednesday 12:00 pm (d_g's time).
Assume that there is a big sack with an equal number each of several colored snooker balls (there might be more than the traditional 6 colors though- I am just madly trying to relate this thing to snooker). Now, if one adds 20 balls of a new color to this mix, one wouldn't change the probability of picking two balls of the same color from the bag. (This is w.o. returning the balls after the picks).
The question is how many balls were in the sack, before those balls were added?Comment
It seems to me, here goes another point to davis_greatest.
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