probability An interesting probability question: "Flat Tires" The other day we were having lunch with one of my very smart colleagues. He had a very interesting problem. So he was travelling with his car when his car alarmed that one of the tires is flat. He went out and checked 3 tires but all of them are
probability Siz uzunsanız babanız sizden kısa, babanız uzunsa siz ondan kısasınız. Cuma akşamları çok değerlidir. Ben üniversitedeyken cuma günlerini evde geçirmek olabilecek en kötü izlenim yaratan şeylerden biriydi. Bilkent'in Ankara'da barların onların olduğu yere giden servisleri cuma günleri tıklım tıklım güzel giyinmekle uğraşmış yüzleri boyalı yüze yakın kişi uzunca sıra oluştururdu. Milyon çeşit pahalı parfüm kokusu birbirine karışır ve eşsiz bir
probability An interesting probability question: Box collection Recently I read about a nice probability question and was thrilled about it. It is not that the question is hard but it is because the question really teach about a fundamental issue in probability. So I wanted to both solve the problem and do a Monte Carlo simulation to
probability An interesting probability question: Gambler's Ruin Okay here comes a nice question on probability. (Please mind your random steps =)) Problem: There are 2 gamblers. Joe has 10 dollars in his pocket and Peter has 2 dollars. They always play with 1$ each game. We know that Peter is better than Joe when it comes to dices
