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Witch box ?

Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics
From	Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com>
Subject	Witch box ?
Message-ID	<Ys0CD.110234$Do.71201@fx31.am4> (permalink)
Organization	virginmedia.com
Date	2018-10-30 17:24 +0000

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                " TRICK or TREAT ? "

The math teacher came to the door with a box containing sweets,
and handed it to the children. "Wait there a moment" he said.

A moment later he reappeared at the door carrying a second box.
"Now you must choose which box you want." he says "I can tell you
that there is a 50% chance that this box has twice as many sweets,
but there is a 50% chance that it only has half as many sweets as
that first box, so which box do you want, the first box, or the
second box ?".

Witch box should
  the children choose ?
(Assuming they wish to maximize their sweet collection eh!)

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Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 17:24 +0000
  Re: Witch box ? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 18:13 +0000
    Re: Witch box ? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-30 19:19 +0000
      Re: Witch box ? RichD <r_delaney2001@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-04 19:39 -0800
        Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-05 09:23 +0000
    Re: Witch box ? moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-30 19:21 +0000
      Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-05 09:49 +0000
  Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 13:34 -0700
    Re: Witch box ? Buck Dehner <uktaa@yswdooz.ca> - 2018-10-30 21:31 +0000
    Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-31 00:48 +0000
      Go to the door 100 times. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-10-30 18:32 -0700
        Re: Go to the door 100 times. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-10-31 05:35 +0000
        Re: Go to the door 100 times. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-10-30 23:33 -0700
          Re: Go to the door 100 times. "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-10-31 23:43 -0700
      Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 20:20 -0700
        Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:21 +0000
          Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 07:23 -0700
            Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:54 +0000
              Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 08:19 -0700
              Re: Witch box ? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 16:19 +0000
                Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 09:48 -0700
                Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 20:40 +0000
                Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 13:09 -0800
                Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 21:31 +0000
                Re: Witch box ? Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 22:03 +0000
                Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 14:39 -0800
                Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 00:12 +0000
                Re: Witch box ? rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-06 17:18 -0800
                Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-07 04:58 +0000
              Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 17:37 +0000
          Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 19:46 +0000
  Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-10-30 14:47 -0700
    Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:35 +0000
      Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-05 23:22 -0800
  [OT] Which box? (was: Witch box ?) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-10-31 02:31 +0100
    Re: [OT] Which box? (was: Witch box ?) moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) - 2018-10-31 03:19 +0000
  Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 07:59 +0000
    Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 13:34 +0000
      Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! rotchm <rotchm@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 07:27 -0700
        Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 15:11 +0000
    Re: Only the teacher knows the answer eh! Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-11-01 14:29 +0000
  Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-06 15:24 -0800
    Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-08 09:30 +0000
      Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-08 21:03 +0000
      Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-08 22:38 -0800
        Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-09 07:40 +0000
          Re: Witch box ? "Chris M. Thomasson" <invalid_chris_thomasson@invalid.invalid> - 2018-11-08 23:42 -0800
  Re: Witch box ? Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-11-12 17:01 +0000

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