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Doubling problem

Posted By: bob koca
Date: Saturday, 20 October 2007, at 12:23 a.m.

In Response To: Doubling problem (Dave)

"It was the end of the game and my opponent had a 66% of winning the game on his roll and if he didn't make it I would win (two checkers on my ace point)."

Look at the position and recount the number of winning rolls for your opponent. 66% is not possible. My guess is that there are actually 23 winning rolls, 63.9%, or 25 winning rolls 69.5%. My way of estimating there was that I know 24 rolls is 2/3 which I know to be 66.7% and that each exrtra winning roll is worth 2.8%.

Bob Koca

Messages In This Thread

• Doubling problem
  Dave -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 1:45 p.m.
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    DC-Ohio -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 3:01 p.m.
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      Dave -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 3:33 p.m.
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        Chuck Bower -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 5:05 p.m.
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        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 20 October 2007, at 2:41 a.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 20 October 2007, at 2:43 a.m.
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          Dave -- Saturday, 20 October 2007, at 3:44 a.m.
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            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Saturday, 20 October 2007, at 5:03 a.m.
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    Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 3:06 p.m.
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      Dave -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 4:11 p.m.
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        Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 4:27 p.m.
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          Dave -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 4:43 p.m.
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            Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 19 October 2007, at 5:21 p.m.
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    bob koca -- Saturday, 20 October 2007, at 12:23 a.m.
    • Doubling problem
      Dave -- Saturday, 20 October 2007, at 1:42 a.m.