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What Some People Call Fate
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SoItBegins
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Joined: 16 May 2011
Posts: 83

What Some People Call Fate

...I've read all three hints and I still can't figure it out.

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The fractions, as far as I can tell, can't be common-denominator'd to 26. What's going on here?

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Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:38 am

b0b
Boot

Joined: 24 Aug 2011
Posts: 27

Double check your math.

Also, remember to subtract one from the total on the "then" one before combining both probabilities.

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there is a common denominator and it should make sense.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:46 am

Hushbaby
Guest

Mtheorem

Yes, they can.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:47 am

SoItBegins
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Joined: 16 May 2011
Posts: 83

I got it! I didn't realize you had to

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Add all the numbers in the denominator

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:47 am

Yeah Right
Guest

Re: What Some People Call Fate

SoItBegins wrote:

...I've read all three hints and I still can't figure it out.

(BIG spoilers)

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The fractions, as far as I can tell, can't be common-denominator'd to 26. What's going on here?

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Add the values of the balls and they can be
13 39 0.5 1.5
13 0.5
52 26 2 1
52 104 2 4
26 39 1 1.5

Don't know what the probabilities are though,

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ball of that color(s) or ball that is not that color OR number of the colored ball

????

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:48 am

HUH
Guest

What supposed to be the numerators?

I got

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25% 40% 1in56 or about 1.78% 20% 16.67% 80% 75% 16.67% 66.67%

How do these become numerators?

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 12:55 am

Nylund
Boot

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 12

HUH wrote:

What supposed to be the numerators?

I got

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25% 40% 1in56 or about 1.78% 20% 16.67% 80% 75% 16.67% 66.67%

How do these become numerators?

"Numerators" are part of a fraction, so keep things in fractions when you find the probabilities. Don't use percentage/decimals. Or, if you know the denominator, just multiply your percentages by that (although you might have some rounding errors that way, which is why it's best to stick with fractions the whole time).

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:12 am

Gorgo
Boot

Joined: 10 Jun 2011
Posts: 35

HUH wrote:

What supposed to be the numerators?

I got

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25% 40% 1in56 or about 1.78% 20% 16.67% 80% 75% 16.67% 66.67%

How do these become numerators?

You need to perform one more step on the denominators.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:14 am

Annie
Kilroy

Joined: 06 Oct 2011
Posts: 2

yikes...

I'm in the same boat as HUH. I have the fractions, but can't figure out the last step.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:20 am

b0b
Boot

Joined: 24 Aug 2011
Posts: 27

Re: yikes...

Annie wrote:

I'm in the same boat as HUH. I have the fractions, but can't figure out the last step.

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All of them have something in common

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:25 am

Femured
Guest

I agree with the percentages (fractions):

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1/4 2/5
1/56
1/5 1/6
4/5 3/4
1/6 2/3

and the conversion factors to make each denominator 26

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2x 2/3x
2x
1/2x 1x
1/2x 1/4x
1/2x 2/3x

but do not see

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how to combine them into numbers ranging from 1-26 either as n/26 where n is the letter or where doing the division results in numbers from 1-26

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:26 am

paramis
Boot

Joined: 02 May 2011
Posts: 13

Some People Call Fate
where I'm stuck

So for initial probabilities I get

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1/4, 1/5, 1/35, 1/5, 1/6, 4/5, 3/4, 1/6 and 1/3

Is that right? I haven't had to do probability in about 20 years.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:29 am

See Supra
Guest

Re: Some People Call Fate
where I'm stuck

paramis wrote:

So for initial probabilities I get

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1/4, 1/5, 1/35, 1/5, 1/6, 4/5, 3/4, 1/6 and 1/3

Is that right? I haven't had to do probability in about 20 years.

Not based on the people above (and me Rolling Eyes

)
2nd 3rd and last differ

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:33 am

Gorgo
Boot

Joined: 10 Jun 2011
Posts: 35

Femured wrote:

I agree with the percentages (fractions):

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1/4 2/5
1/56
1/5 1/6
4/5 3/4
1/6 2/3

These are not the fractions you're looking for.

Femured wrote:

and the conversion factors to make each denominator 26

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2x 2/3x
2x
1/2x 1x
1/2x 1/4x
1/2x 2/3x

but do not see

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how to combine them into numbers ranging from 1-26 either as n/26 where n is the letter or where doing the division results in numbers from 1-26

Consider the significance of the numbers on the spots in each group. And there is some significance.

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:35 am

What now
Guest

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Treating each group as the chance that you will draw the ball to the left of the slash from the group to the right of the slash gives the fractions
{1/4 2/5 1/56 1/5 1/6 4/5 3/4 1/6 2/3}
which nylund says to use
(which convert to the percentages HUH gave) {25% 40% 1in56 or about 1.78% 20% 16.67% 80% 75% 16.67% 66.67% }

The numbers on the balls in each group add to a multiple of 26 (except for 39 which is 3/2 of 26 & 13 which is 1/2 of 26)
The conversion factors to make 26 each of these denominators are given by Yeah Right:
0.5 1.5
0.5
2 1
2 4
1 1.5

so the factors to put each group fraction over 26 should be
2 2/3
2
1/2 1
1/2 1/4
1 2/3

This much I got on my own but no clew as to where to go from here

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:55 am

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