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A caller on Coast to Coast was just saying that by hadji 2006-09-07 22:58:41
he has a talent for pulling aces out of a deck. He said that if he picks out 26 cards, he'll very rarely have less than two aces in that half of the deck.

Anyone care to calculate the odds of this happening by chance? Anyone? . . . Anyone? . . . Bueller? . . .

[ Reply ]
  maybe he was being sarcastic? by magixtechnica2006-09-07 23:04:37
    I dunno . . . by hadji2006-09-07 23:06:22
      He sure sounds "gifted", that's for sure... (n/t) by bimkins2006-09-07 23:07:12
        "gifted" = "special"? (n/t) by magixtechnica2006-09-07 23:13:03
          A-yup. "Special", in the "small bus" sort of way. by bimkins2006-09-07 23:17:46
  just below 50%, I'd guess. (n/t) by shminux2006-09-07 23:06:36
    o.O by hadji2006-09-07 23:09:46
    dead-on 50% actually by magixtechnica2006-09-07 23:10:59
      Huh. by hadji2006-09-07 23:13:35
        *I* am anyway. I forget the exact calculation by magixtechnica2006-09-07 23:17:14
          Well, I'll have to take your word for it, then. by hadji2006-09-07 23:18:52
            My post should have specified *at least* 2 by magixtechnica2006-09-07 23:21:07
              At least 2 is what I understood it to mean. (n/t) by hadji2006-09-07 23:22:16
            You have reasons to doubt. Hope it's not an early by shminux2006-09-07 23:24:32
          then start rethinking by shminux2006-09-07 23:21:41
            Ok, I am now confused again. by hadji2006-09-07 23:24:10
              The probability is 69.51% or so by hobbs2006-09-08 00:04:05
                "parameters" btw. (n/t) by hobbs2006-09-08 00:08:47
            that only applies if there is a zeroth ace by magixtechnica2006-09-07 23:24:48
        Yep. The theory is good. by manxmania2006-09-07 23:32:15
          Right, and at 1000 flips, the chances of by magixtechnica2006-09-07 23:40:59
            Aaargh! I just had to wiki.. by manxmania2006-11-19 12:55:59
  I read that as "pull aces out of a duck". by dodrian2006-09-07 23:54:04

 

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