Engineer- OR, Mathematician test

On 06 Mar 2004 15:18:24 GMT, (Lat705) wrote:

To tell whether a person is an engineer, or a mathematics/ Operations Reasearch
type, give them the following problem:

A box contained 50 red socks and 50 green socks. You withdrew two socks; one
green and one red. What is the probability of having a matching pair on the
next withdrawal?

Please provide me your understanding of the term "matching pair". In
what soical context do you utilize "matching pair". Etc. etc. until a
thesis has been produced.

(The Anthropologist's response).

Peter

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"Peter Charles" wrote in message
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Please provide me your understanding of the term "matching pair". In
what soical context do you utilize "matching pair". Etc. etc. until a
thesis has been produced.


You already have a matching pair of socks.
(the red/green colorblind response)

Sniff them. If they don't smell too bad, you have a matching pair of socks.
(the college student response)

You already have two matching pairs
(the one legged man's response)

You have a matching pair of brown socks
(laundry challenged bachelor's response)

You have a pair of mittens
(the legless man's response)

A box contained 50 red socks and 50 green socks. You withdrew two socks;
one
green and one red. What is the probability of having a matching pair on
the
next withdrawal?

The probability is 100%. No matter which color sock is withdrawn it will
match one of the two already withdrawn. Thus, a matching pair.

--
Stev Lenon 91B20 '68-'69
Drowning flies to Dark Star

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