Comments on: Get those Brains going….. http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/get-those-brains-going our faith in zeros and ones Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:14:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: patti http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/get-those-brains-going/comment-page-1#comment-81 patti Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:12:13 +0000 http://www.johnmunoz.com/?p=476#comment-81 The actual answer is that the only thing Roger needs to do is take three socks out of the drawer. Because of the odds, two of them will be the same color and he will have a match. The actual answer is that the only thing Roger needs to do is take three socks out of the drawer. Because of the odds, two of them will be the same color and he will have a match.

]]> By: john http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/get-those-brains-going/comment-page-1#comment-80 john Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:48:52 +0000 http://www.johnmunoz.com/?p=476#comment-80 ok.. well rodger grabs a sock.. say it's white.. 1white and then he grabs a black sock.. now he has 1 black 1 white and he grabs a white 1 black 2 white.. A Pair! or he might have grabed a black 2 black.. A Pair! 1 white ok.. well rodger grabs a sock.. say it’s white..
1white
and then he grabs a black sock.. now he has
1 black
1 white
and he grabs a white
1 black
2 white.. A Pair!

or
he might have grabed a black
2 black.. A Pair!
1 white

]]> By: audrey http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/get-those-brains-going/comment-page-1#comment-79 audrey Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:50:52 +0000 http://www.johnmunoz.com/?p=476#comment-79 I so don't get it! I so don’t get it!

]]> By: patti http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/get-those-brains-going/comment-page-1#comment-78 patti Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:23:30 +0000 http://www.johnmunoz.com/?p=476#comment-78 Exactly! Exactly!

]]> By: john http://www.johnmunoz.net/blog/get-those-brains-going/comment-page-1#comment-77 john Mon, 14 Nov 2005 18:14:48 +0000 http://www.johnmunoz.com/?p=476#comment-77 Well.. he would have a one in two chance of getting a white.. and a one in two chance in getting a black.. so (If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) Than Pair = True (If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCkGOT = BLACK) Than Pair = False (If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = BLACK) Than Pair = True (If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) Than Pair = False So in those chances you have a 50% Chance of getting a pair in the first two tries. In the two FALSE conditions.. (If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCkGOT = BLACK) Than Pair = False (If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) Than Pair = False We can take those down further.... (If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCkGOT = BLACK) and (If NextNextSOCK = WHITE) Than Pair = True (If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextNextSOCK = BLACK) Than Pair = False BUT WAIT!... SOCKGOT and NextNextSOCK both have values of BLACK so pair = TRUE !!! Well.. he would have a one in two chance of getting a white..
and a one in two chance in getting a black..

so

(If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) Than Pair = True
(If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCkGOT = BLACK) Than Pair = False
(If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = BLACK) Than Pair = True
(If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) Than Pair = False

So in those chances you have a 50% Chance of getting a pair in the first two tries.

In the two FALSE conditions..
(If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCkGOT = BLACK) Than Pair = False
(If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) Than Pair = False

We can take those down further….

(If SOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextSOCkGOT = BLACK) and (If NextNextSOCK = WHITE) Than Pair = True

(If SOCKGOT = BLACK) and (If NextSOCKGOT = WHITE) and (If NextNextSOCK = BLACK) Than Pair = False
BUT WAIT!… SOCKGOT and NextNextSOCK both have values of BLACK so pair = TRUE !!!

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