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Thread #26283   Message #316254
Posted By: Jon Freeman
11-Oct-00 - 11:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mathematical Probability Query
Subject: RE: BS: Mathematical Probability Query
I must admit I am getting more and more confused with the cups one. I thought I could see and had modeled an answer and then tried to go through every possibility I can see occurring. Which led me to this:

Winner Pick#1 House Stick Pick#2 Win
1 1 2 Y 1 1
1 1 3 Y 1 1
1 2 3 Y 2 0
1 3 2 Y 3 0
2 1 3 Y 1 0
2 2 1 Y 2 1
2 2 3 Y 2 1
2 3 1 Y 3 0
3 1 2 Y 1 0
3 2 1 Y 2 0
3 3 1 Y 3 1
3 3 2 Y 3 1
          6

I have only considered the stick here but the change would be the opposite. This yeilds a 6/12 result - what moves have I missed?

Jon