Are It True - The Next Generation

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Jan 2, 2006 | 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tritium_pie,Jan 2 2006, 08:58 AM

magician-- have you seen that new television show, "Deal or No Deal"?

Briefly, about a week ago.

The amount that the "bank" offers is (apparently, based on my small sampling) always less than the expected value of the remaining cases, assuming equal probability of each case being chosen. Over the long run, therefore, it's better for all contestants to declare, "No deal!"

Jan 2, 2006 | 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by WarrenW,Jan 2 2006, 10:17 AM

Theoretical probability the person who named the segment "Are It True" actually paid attention in English class...ZERO!!!!

It should be "IS It True" or "ARE THEY True".

How can they do math when they can't even use correct English?

Warren

Unfortunately, Warren, you came into this thread two years, two months, five days after its inception. This makes it very difficult for you to put the title into context. There was another thread at the time in which one of the posters had a particularly difficult time conjugating verbs; the title I chose parodied that other thread.

I can do math pretty well, and I can do English pretty well. Correctly, even.