Math's Puzzle : Odds

[Drewster]

and how pissed would you be if after opening all those doors and finally finding a suitable room filled with the right number of people and tapping all those shoulders they all said they were john until the very last one?

I wonder what the odds of that happening are..........................

 

[thunderlizard]

The "average joe" thinks in terms of lotteries. So you could say it's close to the chance of winning the lottery every week (Saturdays only!) for two months.

 

[NotAllThere]

It's all nonsense. You're either successful, or your not. So that's probability 0.5, 50% etc.

 

[Money Money Money]

Surely THIS is the best way of finding out?

 

[Bagpuss]

It's all nonsense. You're either successful, or your not. So that's probability 0.5, 50% etc.

That's a joke right?

 

[Board Game Geek]

The "average joe" thinks in terms of lotteries. So you could say it's close to the chance of winning the lottery every week (Saturdays only!) for two months.

I like that one, thank you !

 

[Board Game Geek]

Surely THIS is the best way of finding out?

Now that's clever as well ! Good one !