I was just reading through my bro's blog.....and one of the comments in that lil chatbox in the far right corner was "two sides of a coin". Which of course brings me back to the memory of a not-so-distant past. I once had a tuition teacher , Mr.Chan and a group of us were studying the topic known as "probability". To those who studied in A-levels in Malaysia, it's the one in module S1 under statistics. Anyway back to the main topic, as you all know there are two sides of a coin andthe probability getting 1 side is 50% or in fraction wise 1/2 (half). Then the probability of getting your guess right the next successive times increases by a multiplication of 1/2.
So ......
Mr.Chan: The probability of getting your first guess on which side of the coin right is 1/2.
Those of you who know me, would of course know that I would challenge that statement.....just for the fun of it.Me: Yes arr? ....(cast a doubting look)
Mr.Chan: Wanna try? use a 50 cent coin.... Which is your guess, head or tails?
(heads being the one with the picture of the 'Wau'/ parliament, tails being in the number 50 cent ) <---in my opinionMe: TailsThe other guys: woooo...(wait to see what happen next)
Mr.Chan throws the coin in the air and it lands....tails....
Mr.Chan: errr that was lucky...lets try again....you wont get it twice...If you do, i will give you my handphone.
Me: headsThe coin landed head.....
Mr.Chan: It's impossible! Let's try again! If you win, i will give you my car, RM 3000 (i cant remember how much money but it was a lot) and make you go to the casino in genting.
Me:tails
But of course....the 3rd guess didnt land in my favour....thus the lesson continued after that.
Moral of the story: err......you will never win always?
So ......
Mr.Chan: The probability of getting your first guess on which side of the coin right is 1/2.
Those of you who know me, would of course know that I would challenge that statement.....just for the fun of it.Me: Yes arr? ....(cast a doubting look)
Mr.Chan: Wanna try? use a 50 cent coin.... Which is your guess, head or tails?
(heads being the one with the picture of the 'Wau'/ parliament, tails being in the number 50 cent ) <---in my opinionMe: TailsThe other guys: woooo...(wait to see what happen next)
Mr.Chan throws the coin in the air and it lands....tails....
Mr.Chan: errr that was lucky...lets try again....you wont get it twice...If you do, i will give you my handphone.
Me: headsThe coin landed head.....
Mr.Chan: It's impossible! Let's try again! If you win, i will give you my car, RM 3000 (i cant remember how much money but it was a lot) and make you go to the casino in genting.
Me:tails
But of course....the 3rd guess didnt land in my favour....thus the lesson continued after that.
Moral of the story: err......you will never win always?
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