Comment on Beauty quips, "I'd shut up and multiply!"

Fri, 07 May 2010 18:06:45 GMT

On a random waking moment, Monday preceded by heads is equally likely as Monday preceded by tails.

I think you're thinking of a similar problem that we discussed last year, which involves a forgetful driver who is driving past 1 to n intersections, and needs to turn left at at least one of them. That problem is different, because it's asking about the probability of turning left at least once over the course of his drive.

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