Math test with a religious twist
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Math test with a religious twist
1) What is the probability of flipping a heads with a fair coin?
2) What is the probability of rolling a 6 on a fair die?
3) What is the probability of rolling an even number on a fair die?
4) What is the probability of not flipping a heads with two consecutive coin tosses on a fair coin?
5) What is the probability that a god, that demands that you believe in it and answer "100%" to this question otherwise you'll be tortured for eternity in the afterlife plus you will lose credit for the previous questions, exists?
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Re: Math test with a religious twist
I would say the probability of such a god existing is somewhere between 0 and 1, inclusive.Marsh8472 wrote:Here's a math test I made up quick to test people's knowledge of probability. The person(s) with the highest score wins.
1) What is the probability of flipping a heads with a fair coin?
2) What is the probability of rolling a 6 on a fair die?
3) What is the probability of rolling an even number on a fair die?
4) What is the probability of not flipping a heads with two consecutive coin tosses on a fair coin?
5) What is the probability that a god, that demands that you believe in it and answer "100%" to this question otherwise you'll be tortured for eternity in the afterlife plus you will lose credit for the previous questions, exists?
If you want a more convergent answer, you can't get one. Sorry. )-;
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Re: Math test with a religious twist
2) 1/6;
3) 1/2;
4) 1/4;
5) 1/2 (Since there is neither evidence for or against, it is assigned 50% probability.)
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