If the chance of rain on Saturday is 70% and on Sunday is 60%, what is the chance of it raining this weekend?
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Have a truck starting that can carry a maximum of 1000 apples, and starts with 2000 apples at a depot. What's the maximum number of apples that can be carried across a 1000 mile desert assuming 1 apple falls off the truck for every mile travelled?
Ask you to find the smallest number that you can not get by using 3,8,20 (or something similar)
if you have a 6 by 6 matrix where each element is either 1 or -1, how many unique matrices are there such that each row and each column multiplies to 1.
If two teams are equally talented, what is the chance that a 7 game series between the two teams reaches the 7th game?
You play a game where you roll a 100-sided die label with the numbers 1-100. You can either get paid the amount rolled in dollars or pay a dollar to roll again. You can always elect to pay another dollar to roll again, until you're finally satisfied with your current roll and get paid out based on that. What's the optimal strategy for this game and what's your expected winnings given this strategy?
Game 1 pays $20 if you flip heads and you flip the coin 4 times, game 2 pays $500 if you flip heads all 4 times. Which game do you pick?
X^4=1, what is X
You have a deck of 3 black cards and 3 red cards in random order. There is a game where you turn over one card at a time; if it is red you win a dollar, if it is black you lose a dollar. How much would you pay to play this game?
Flipping of a coin. Heads $20, tails -$5. Do you like this game. Second game, $20million heads, tails -$5. Do you prefer the second game? Last game is the same values as the first game, we can play it once or 100 times which would you prefer and why?
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