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Your second term is wrong. There are 16 matches in the second round, and you have a 1/2 chance of picking the winner in each, not a 1/4 chance. The first term
by irq11 17y ago
Your second term is wrong. There are 16 matches in the second round, and you have a 1/2 chance of picking the winner in each, not a 1/4 chance.
The first term (.5^32) is the probability of picking all of the winners in round one (p(A)). The second term (p(B|A)), must be the probability of picking all the winners in round two, given that you picked correctly in round one. Again, that's .5^16, not .25^16.
- qeorge 17y agoYou're right, thanks for explaining it. I still couldn't see it this morning, but I talked it out with my co-founder, and he got through to me. Thanks for sticking with it.