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#101 2012-07-13 04:13:56
- anonimnystefy
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Re: So this is what was happening
Hi bobbym
I am getting 15.
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#102 2012-07-13 04:15:08
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Re: So this is what was happening
Hi;
The correct answer is about 4.3
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#103 2012-07-13 04:21:33
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Re: So this is what was happening
Are you talking about
or ?Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-07-13 04:21:47)
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#104 2012-07-13 04:26:32
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Re: So this is what was happening
Hi;
For the first the answer is 4.37
For the second the answer is 1.94
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#105 2012-07-13 04:38:56
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Re: So this is what was happening
Hi bobbym
How did you get that?
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#106 2012-07-13 04:43:12
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One is the solution in the thread and the other is to gAr's problem in that thread.
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#107 2012-07-13 04:51:45
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Re: So this is what was happening
What is your solution for 5 dice?
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#108 2012-07-13 04:53:13
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Which series are we going to discuss from now on?
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#109 2012-07-13 04:58:12
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Re: So this is what was happening
Are you talking about
or ?
What do you get as the answer for these two for 5 dice throws.
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#110 2012-07-13 05:05:23
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Hi;
4.31 and 1.94. These are simulation answers.
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#111 2012-07-13 05:08:09
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Wouldn't you expect to get a greater answer for the second one than for the first one?
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#112 2012-07-13 05:11:25
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No, the second one is pairwise the first is the whole list minus the second list. I expect the first one to be larger.
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#113 2012-07-13 06:44:09
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But if you look at both pairwise, the first one can both increase and decrease, but the second one can only increase, so I would expect the second one to be greater.
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#114 2012-07-13 08:01:39
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The pairwise one can never be greater than 5. The other? Who knows!
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#115 2012-07-13 08:12:49
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Re: So this is what was happening
What about
(1,6)
(1,6)
(1,6)
(1,6)
(1,6)
The sum is 30!
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#116 2012-07-13 08:20:35
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That is why I did not want to discuss two sums. That sum does not exist so why are we talking about it?
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If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#117 2012-07-13 08:38:12
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Which sum?
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#118 2012-07-13 08:39:25
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The pairwise sum. That one comes from the problem. It is an average value. It is <=5.
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#119 2012-07-13 08:41:52
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There is no reason for it to be <=5. Only the summands are <=5.
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#120 2012-07-13 08:46:40
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6 - 1 = 5. That is the biggest difference. If you add up a ton of numbers that are 5 or less their average will be 5 or less.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#121 2012-07-13 08:50:01
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But we don't take the average of the differences!
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#122 2012-07-13 08:53:02
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Yes we do. The original problem was an average. gAr and I agreed on that. The series you came up with here is something else. It has nothing to do with either problem. Why discuss it all?
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#123 2012-07-13 08:57:27
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Hi bobbym
Anyway, my GF needs only slight modification to solve gAr's problem.
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#124 2012-07-13 08:59:45
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Hmmm. Which problem?
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#125 2012-07-13 09:11:17
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What did you get 4.31 for?
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-07-13 09:11:26)
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