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  • It is okay to double-count a die in this two-dice problem.

    2 20.00%
  • It is NOT okay to double-count a die in this two-dice problem.

    3 30.00%
  • The original question is the same as having a spinner on a table.

    4 40.00%
  • The original question is NOT the same as having a spinner on a table.

    4 40.00%
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Thread: How do you interpret the "dice problem"?

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  1. #10
    "Good grief," and "absurd" are usually what one says when one doesn't have much of a response. I'm not even an advocate of the 1/6 camp, so "grasping at straws" to make an argument isn't my thing here.

    Arci parsed the question and claimed others couldn't do math. I'm parsing his parsing and telling him that he doesn't read very well. If someone tried to prove in a US court that the question as stated referred to multiple events, I actually think they would fail.

    It's a trick question. Suggestion: don't hammer at people about their lack of expertise in probability before you know what the primary definition of probability is.
    Last edited by redietz; 05-22-2015 at 08:10 PM.

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