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Dis86 said:
Correct. It's not 300.
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It is if the 1 is 200 and the half is 100. The only given number of the first part of the equation is the whole.

1 could be a basket of grain, and half a basket of grain would be equal to 1 half a basket.

You are substituting 'half of' with a number you've decided, just like I did with 50% instead of 0.5.
 
dlockers said:
It is if the 1 is 200 and the half is 100. The only given number of the first part of the equation is the whole.

1 could be a basket of grain, and half a basket of grain would be equal to 1 half a basket.

You are substituting 'half of' with a number you've decided, just like I did with 50% instead of 0.5.
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But that's the point. The question doesn't say half of. It says half. As in 0.5.
 
Kenai said:
How much should you expect to pay for an item in a shop if you are told the price of the item is "half"?
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I would insist on a 50 pence discount because relativity and context is not a thing. We all know half off is 0.5p off.
 
This is one if those retarded viral questions you see pop up on social media every now and then, slightly ambiguous with the 'by half' element.
 
Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
This is incorrect.

Original odds were 1/3.

As a cup with no gold in was removed you have to recalculate the original odds since hes told a cup with no gold in was removed.

The chance he picked the correct one was ion fact 1/2 and is now still 1/2.

You cannot have odds less than 100/100.
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Aren't you just rewording the post you're disagreeing with here?
 
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Replace cups and gold with cars and goats:

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Monty Hall Problem - Numberphile

Extended math version: http://youtu.be/ugbWqWCcxrg?t=2m32sA version for Dummies: https://youtu.be/7u6kFlWZOWgMore links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓...
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And a follow-up explanation:

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Monty Hall Problem (best explanation) - Numberphile

Another pass at the Monty Hall Problem - see the last video and a new "express explanation" at: http://bit.ly/MontyHallProbMore links & stuff in full descrip...
youtu.be youtu.be

You have a better chance of winning (2/3 instead of 1/3) if you swap.
 
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Dis86 said:
Correct. It's not 300.
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This is 300......

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Dis86 said:
No. Because a singular person isn't the population unless the population size is 1.
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Ahh I guess you are finding peace when they discover its "half size" and you just subtract 0.5mm
 
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Whitewater said:
Replace cups and gold with cars and goats:

youtu.be

Monty Hall Problem - Numberphile

Extended math version: http://youtu.be/ugbWqWCcxrg?t=2m32sA version for Dummies: https://youtu.be/7u6kFlWZOWgMore links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓...
youtu.be youtu.be

And a follow-up explanation:

youtu.be

Monty Hall Problem (best explanation) - Numberphile

Another pass at the Monty Hall Problem - see the last video and a new "express explanation" at: http://bit.ly/MontyHallProbMore links & stuff in full descrip...
youtu.be youtu.be

You have a better chance of winning (2/3 instead of 1/3) if you swap.
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yep I actually get it now so today has been a productive day :)
 
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