Noobscraft
General => Other => Topic started by: suppusmac on 8 Mar 2013, 02:21:23
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I actually made this one up, so there may be a flaw in it.
Suppose you are playing a game of cards with someone, using a standard deck of 52 cards.
He asks you to pick a card from the deck, place it down on the table so that you can not see it. (You never saw it)
Now he takes away about half of the remaining cards. Leaving 26 (Discarding 25).
He asks you to again, pick a card and place it on the table so that you can not see it. (Once again, you never saw the card)
Now he discards all the cards but one, puts it face down on the table, this is his card. Neither of you know what any of the three cards are.
So now he has 1 card face down, and you have 2 cards face down.
He searches through the pile and notices there is no ace of spades in the pile of discarded cards.
He bets you 50$ (or whatever currency you use) that his card is the ace of spades, and if one of your two cards is the ace of spades, then you get the 50$.
Do you take this bet? (do you have the advantage or does he have the advantage, or is it equal?)
Explain your answer.
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Ohh noes :/ Hit the stats books, I will. Some conditional probability stuff >:(
Meanwhile, here's Ace. With some spades. In the prisons of a stronghold.
(https://embed.noobscraft.com/6148523063446f764c334d794d79357762334e30615731685a32557562334a6e4c3278726454467862334a72596938794d44457a587a417a587a4133587a4978587a4579587a51344c6e42755a775f5f)
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Im good with science (lightbulb riddle) not math
:/