Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site hp-pcd.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!hp-cvd!seth From: seth@hp-cvd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: A simple (?) statistical puzzle: An - (nf) Message-ID: <1635@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 27-Aug-83 03:32:15 EDT Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.1635 Posted: Sat Aug 27 03:32:15 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 29-Aug-83 02:56:04 EDT Sender: netnews@hp-pcd.UUCP Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Corvallis OR Lines: 11 #R:ihuxe:-30600:hp-cvd:7600010:000:252 hp-cvd!seth Aug 25 09:27:00 1983 Are you sure that you are not ignoring the initial conditions? That is, you are given that you open a drawer and it contains a gold coin, and then are asked what's the probability of the second drawer containing a gold coin. --Seth Alford hp-cvd!seth