If you can solve this problem, youll be my hero for the next one week.
I have been playing 'chor dai di' the past few days with my brother and dad. Last night, we had additional players - Wing Yan, Jiah and Dianne. Well, card games and I were never meant to be lovers. Almost without fail, my hand in card games has always been atrocious. Not getting a single 'two'or an 'ace' no longer comes as a surprise.
So I was complaining to my dad and said, "Seriously, why is my luck so bad? There are 52 cards in a deck. Each player is dealt 13 cards. There are four 'twos' and four 'aces' in a deck. Seriously, the probabilities of me getting a 'two' or an 'ace' should be pretty high, right?"
That's when I paused and realised that, I couldn't figure out the probability of me getting an 'ace' or a 'two'. My statistics knowledge have swirled down the drain. After all, this is pretty basic isn't it? Right?
Tell me the answer please??? Anyone?
Monday, September 01, 2008
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5 comments:
it's called luck
seriously.... thats y probability doesn't work for u =P
salad, remember once we played 50 rounds of blackjack during one of our family holiday trips? You won 49 rounds and I won 1 round.
luck is gambling is never on my side...except maybe in roulette.
haha...but seriously, any form of gambling is depressing. I remember feeling pretty depressed in the Genting casino. Its the atmosphere or something.
Joanne
heeh do u know the game "inbetween" ?
that game can really see ur luck
casinos have a lot of ermm.. eerie things that they do there.. maybe u could feel it
i weirdly never felt uncomfortable in a casino before
but i dont gamble since my luck isnt good
52 cards, 13 dealt, 4 aces in a deck:
Probability of getting one ace:
(52 C 13)x(4 C 1)x(48 C 12)
Probability of getting two aces:
(52 C 13)x(4 C 2)x(48 C 11)
With the combination C defined as:
(y C z) = y!/[z!(y-z)!]
and:
p! = 1x2x3x4x...x(p-1)xp
LoL What version do u play? Do u include poker hands too?
I consider myself quite the pro of Chor Dai Di or Big 2 as the westerners call it.
I can tell you, I've won quite a number of rounds without and 2's or aces. Its all in the strategy :p
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