47. And Percival Makes Three: % or 125%. ‘There are eight possibilities: Meriin Evelyne Percival tal tails ‘alls tails fails heads tails Reads tall, tall heads heads heads tails tals heads tall heads heads heads falls heads heads. ends ach of the three players has one chance in two of tossing a head, “The formula: 6 x x 5 = 46 ‘The chance is one in eight that all three coins will come up heads, 48, Four Coins in the Well: Yis or 6%. For each coin it is one of two possibilities or ¥. Since there are four tosses, the formula: ¥s x 14 x Yi x 1 = Ye. ‘There is one chance in 16 that all four tosses will come up heads. If you list the possibilities, you'll see that: Merlin Evelynne Percival Vivienne tails tails tails tails tails tails heads tails tails heads tails tails tails heads heads tals heads tails tails tails heads tails heads tails, heads heads. tails tails heads heads. heads. tails tails tails tails heads tails tails heads heads tails heads tails heads tails heads heads_-——heads heads tails tails heads heads tails heads heads heads heads tails heads heads heads—sheads_——_heads 49. Oberon’s Toss: or 50%. Oberon’s coin can come up in tone of two ways, heads or tals. There is one chance in two that it will be tals 50, How Many Wiser Wizards? 14. Hali, or 14, of the ap- prentices can be expected to match the previously pitched. ‘coin. Each pitch has one chance in two of matching the previous pitch. Of course, there is always the possibility, ‘though a slim one, that all will win. 51. Magic Seeds: 4. Titania — Garth black 1 white lack 2 White White black 1 White lack 2 Back 1 Back 2 Black 2 black Since there are two black seeds and one white seed, ‘Titania's chances of getting a black one are two out of three or, If Titania draws a black seed, then there ae just one black and one white left. Therefore, Garth’s chances are ‘one of two ors. The odds that they both get black seeds: %4 xhe heh 52. Blind Sorcerer's Buff: Yas, Since there are four corners, the formula is: Mx Yi x Ye Xx Y= Mose 53. Encore: Yu. The first apprentice to start “home” has four comers to choose from, and so his chances are one in four of getting back to his original comer. The second ap- prentice has three chances of getting back to her original corner. The third has one in two chances, and the last, with only one corner remaining, one in one. The formula: Wx WX RX = MH 54. Non-Magic Magic: Urth. Since there are four aces in a deck of 52 cards, Lorelei’s chances of coming up with an