One of these I learned from Presh Talwalkar and the other from Martin Gardner.
So hey forward any hate mail their way.
Did you miss last weeks puzzle?
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Check it outhere, and find its solution at the bottom of todays article.
Be careful not to read too far ahead if you havent solved last weeks yet!
Puzzle #46: Coming Up Aces
1.
Shuffle a normal face-down deck of 52 playing cards and then flip one card at a time face up.
In other words, youll flip over cards until you see an ace of any suit.
Reshuffle the same deck and start flipping again.
This time, before flipping, you must guess when the first black ace will appear.
Which position in the deck is most likely, or are they all the same?
Ill be back Monday with the answers and a new puzzle.
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Did you figure out how scheduling affects the NBA championship series?
Shout-out to adanarg13 for your well-articulated answer.
Well argue for the best-of-seven case, but the same argument extends to other numbers of games.
The team that plays at home more often has an edge.
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