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awwaiid
10 days ago
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Yes. You can still try to get it in one attempt.
brookst
10 days ago
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Odds in one attempt: 1 in 32
Odds in two attempts: 1 in 1
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dskloet
10 days ago
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Your odds add up to more than 1.
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pteetor
10 days ago
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Probabilities sum to 1.0. Odds don't sum.
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tonmoy
10 days ago
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Odds of getting it within 2 attempts is 1. Odds of getting it on exactly the second attempt is 31/32
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xandrius
10 days ago
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Ooops:
You won!
You guessed 01111 in 4 attempts!
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brookst
9 days ago
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Well yeah and a fair coin has P(heads) == P(tails) == 0 for someone who eats it.
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