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Re: Witch box ?

From Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: Witch box ?
Date 2018-11-06 22:03 +0000
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Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/11/2018 21:09, rotchm wrote:
>> On Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at 3:40:42 PM UTC-5, Keith Stein wrote:
>>> On 01/11/2018 16:19, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> 
>>>> If this were true, then the math teacher would have been lying
>> 
>>> You are mistaking the math teacher for an idiot, Mr.Bodkin.
>> 
>> No he is not.
>> Bod is right in claiming that the teacher would have been lying, or that
>> you totally blundered your own riddle, as I have been claiming. Forget
>> it; you failed big time in this thread; you were shown wrong... Move on...
>> 
> 
> 
> On 01/11/2018 16:19, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 01/11/2018 14:23, rotchm wrote:
>>>> On Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 10:21:01 AM UTC-4, Keith Stein wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> As usual Rotchm gives the children THE WORST POSSIBLE ADVICE eh!
>>>> 
>>>> Again you are wrong.
>>> 
>>> No Rotchm, again you are wrong,
>>> 
>>> and before you proceed to make an even bigger fool of yourself let me
>>> explain to you just how the teacher did set it up. He used a 3 BOX
>>> set up, but rather than giving the children at the door,the average box
>>> with n sweets, he gives them either of the 2n or n/2 box at random   eh!
>> 
>> If this were true, then the math teacher would have been lying to the 
> kids.
>> Let’s suppose that the box he initially gave the kids was the n/2 
> box. Then
>> if he offers a second box, there’s a 50% chance that the second box has
>> twice as many treats and 50% chance that the second box has four times as
>> many treats.
> 
> 
> You are mistaking the math teacher for an idiot, Mr.Bodkin.
> The teacher offered in exchange for Box 1,
>      the box with n sweets in eh!

Note that’s different than what you wrote above. 

> 
> keith stein
> 



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Odd Bodkin — Maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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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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