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- From: andersh@maths.lth.se (Anders Holtsberg)
- Subject: Re: Desperate situation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.091018.29889@lth.se>
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- Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 09:10:18 GMT
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- There is a very simple solution:
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- X number of shots
- Y event that first shot causes death
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- now
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- E(X) = E(X given Y)P(Y)+E(X given not Y)P(not Y)
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- and
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- E(X) = m
- E(X given Y) = 1 of course
- E(X given not Y) = m+1 this was the trick!
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- fill in the details yourself.
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- Anders H
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