Mickey ... you left out a key detail: How many Moose Drools had you consumed that day?
The standard setup of any probability is the you determine how many elements meet the desired condition, and how many are in the stated population.
For 2 dice, there are 11 configurations that have at least one two; only one of these are both twos.
< Of course Michael's prop is the more interesting aspect of your story! >
- H.
---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <mickeycrimm@...> wrote :
You have two dice in a cup. You shake them up then slam the cup down on the table. Your partner peeks under the cup and says "at least one of the dice is a two." What is the probability that the other dice is a two? This question was proposed in a thread at WoV. My first thought was it's 1 in 6. But a heavy debate broke out and the strong math guys said it was 1 in 11. How could that be I asked myself. So I sat down with pencil and paper and figured it out. Sure enough it was 1 in 11.
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