Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Difference is Math

At the start of each ultimate game goes an unnoticed game...of probability. No, it's not whether we're gonna have enough players. The question is simple - Same /or/ Different?; the mathiness is heady. As demonstrated in this illustration [coins = frisbees]:


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Question: Which would you call when the discs are flipped up in the air -- same /or/ different?
Answer (highlight area btwn +'s): +The probability of same is always greater than or equal to the probability of different, so same is the better call to make, probably.+

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1 comment:

  1. Rachel H.9:57 AM

    Is this really true? The picture is incredibly misleading because they need to show the option of Disc 1 being tails and Disc 2 being heads. There are 4 possibilities each time it's flipped, not 3 as the picture seems to illustrate.

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