Ramblings By Zack

Musings on the seemingly random walk of life.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

30% Chance of Rain

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We are all familiar with the weather forecasts.  When we look at the weather forecasts, they are usually accompanied with some symbols that ...
Monday, December 5, 2011

The Painted Die

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Let's play a simple dice game, no numbers - just the colors red and green.  We take a die and paint four of the faces green and 2 of the...
Friday, December 2, 2011

One Third Chance

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Let's say you are given a bag with 3 identical marble inside. One of the marbles is white and the other 2 are black.  If you can't s...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Pick a Number

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Here's an easy game. Pick a random number between 1 and 10. No, not the rating of your favorite TV show. Just a random number. Run the n...
Friday, November 18, 2011

Pick a Card Part 2

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Continuation of our puzzle from yesterday. Let's solve this problem using brute force. We do this by looking at all of the possibiliti...
Thursday, November 17, 2011

Pick a card, any card

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Pick a card, any card. Better yet, pick 2!  Let's say I have a small deck of 4 cards. 2  black and 2 red.  I shuffle this deck, place ...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Dice Paradox and Conditional Probability

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Let's look at another example. The probability of rolling a 7 with 2 dice is 1/6. We can verify this by first listing all possible c...
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Zack Taylor
Lecture, Author, and Telecommunications System Architect with a passion for probability and reliability concepts and how we can apply them to the world around us.
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