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Chapter2:Withfairdigeightorteheevennumberis12,andtheultipleofsixis18or110respectively。Therespeultipleofthreeare14(twoi),whichgivesindependend310,whiot。
Chapter6:Intheoneypuzzle,youshouldaimtobank£12,000atyourfirstchoice。Ifitworks,youhopetobank£3,000fails,youmusttryfor£15,000ime。Youroverallwinningceis(612)*(1011)+(612)*(411)=84132=711,whichishigherthaactic。
In46similarpames,theimesaSpadearises,youmakeaof50chips;theother37times,youlosetheextrastake。Ifyoustayinfor12chipsorfewer,you’llbeaheade,butifyouhavetopay13ore,you’llexpeorethanyougain。
Chapter7:Theiscarriageis1in m,theceofaDown’sbabyis1in n,both mand nlargeandm>ify>x+nm。
SupposeAerCeliahas nsohy。IfBettyisnotacarrier,allCelia’ssoobehealthy;ifBettyisacarrier,theceCeliawillnotbeacarrier(andhenceallhersohy)is12,andthecesheisacarrier,buthelessallhersohy,is(12)n+1。SotheposterioroddsofBettybeingacarrier,aftertheinformationaboutallAhyhepriorodds(i。e。thoseputedusiionaboutAhybrothers),multipliedbyallthesefactorsoftheform(12+(12)n+1)fromhersisters。vertthisfigureintotheprobabilitythatBettyisacarrier,aofindtheeisacarrier。
Chapter8:Intherandomizedresponseexamples,supposetheproportionofsmokersis x,andallahful。Thecase,theoverallproportionof‘Agree’answersis0。8x+0。2(1-x);equatethisto13,solvetofind x=29。Inthesedcase,theproportionof‘Yes’answersis0。8x+0。22;settio13gives x=724。
Chapter9:Let xbethemeahrowstogetHH。TogetthefirstHtakestwothrows,e。Afterthis,weohrow;ahen,halfthetimewemustbeginagain。So x=2+1+(x2),hence x=6。
&e,ifyouropposHHH,youshouldchooseTHH,andyceis78;ifshepicksHHT,agaiHH,andwin34ofthetime;toherHTH,respondHHT,againstTHH,useTTH–inboththesecases,expe23ofthetime。SymmetryleadstothebestchoistTTT,TTH,THT,andHTT。