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Pow 10 Sean Holley
Pow 10 Sean Holley
Thereareafewbenefitsforeachstrategy.
Strategy1:Predictthattheemarkontheothersidewillbedifferentfromthemarkyousee.
Usingtheoreticalprobabilitythesuccessrateshouldbe30%successrateoutoftentries
TestnumberforStrat1outof10
1. Worked
2. worked
3. Failed
4. failed
5. Failed
6. Failed
Somehowitcameoutexactlyasa50%successrateoutoftentries.
Strategy2:Guessthesamenumberthatisonthefront:Theoreticallythisshouldbe60%
successrateoutoftentries
TestnumberforStrat2outof10
1. failed
2. failed
3. Worked
4. Worked
5. Worked
6. worked
Itcameouttobea50%successrateoutoftentries
Strategy3:Alwayspredictthemarkwillbex.Theoreticallythesuccessrateshouldbe50%out
often.Thisisbecauseoutof6differentletters3ofthemareX.
TestnumberforStrat3outof10
1. failed
2. worked
3. failed
4. failed
5. Worked
6. worked
Therewasa50%successrateoverallforthisstrategy
StrategyAlwaysguessowillbeontheotherside,theoreticallythereshouldbea50%chanceof
beingcorrect.
1. Worked
2. Failed
3. Worked
4. Worked
5. Failed
6. failed
InmyExperimentalprobabilityresearchIfoundthatthereisonestrategythatworksthebestfor
this,thatstrategyisguessingthesamenumberthatisonthefrontwillbethesamenumberthat
isontheback