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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: simple (?) statistics problem solved
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Date: Mon, 22-Aug-83 05:09:11 EDT
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Ok, now that that one is solved, try this:

Same setup; three cabinets of two drawers each, one cabinet contains
a silver coin in each drawer, one a gold in each drawer, and one a
sliver coin in one and a gold in the other.  Now, suppose you open
the bottom drawer of a cabinet, and see a gold coin.  What is the
probability that the other coin is also gold?

Someone asked me this after I told him about the other problem, and
I answered without thinking and (I'm ashamed to say) incorrectly.

Chris ("I'll take the gold coins, they're worth more") Torek
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