GREAT!!! Good for her! Here's hoping she continues to excel as she goes on
with her education.
Amazing how your kids can make you so proud!
All the best to her.
Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill L" <pythias@pacifier.com>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 11:38 PM
Subject: My Daughter (NO LBC)
> Hello Spridgets,
>
> i just have to brag on my daughter...
>
> she has been accepted to the summer mathematic program at the U of
> Washington... they take only 24 high schoolstudents total from WA, OR,
> ID, BC, and Alaska. they are given a problem sheet to solve..
> among the problems is the following.....
>
> ALL EXPENSES PAID, SIX week program!
>
>
> You are given 50 black tokens and 50 white tokens, which you are free to
place in two identical
> containers in any way you wish, with each container containing as many
tokens of each color as you
> decide. After you distribute the tokens, you will be blindfolded, then
asked to choose one of the two
> containers and draw a single token from the chosen container. If you draw
a white token, you will win
> $10; 000, but if you draw a black token, you will win nothing. How should
you distribute the tokens in
> order to maximize the probability that you draw a white token? Give a full
explanation of your answer
>
> she figured out how to increase her chances from 50/50 to almost 75%!
> (solution on request...) for more information for those interested..
>
> http://www.math.washington.edu/~simuw/2006/index.html..
>
> and have a look at ALL the problems... ...
>
> she's only 16 years old, (17 in a month...) and will be a senior next
> year!
>
> WOW!
> --
> Best regards,
> Bill mailto:pythias@pacifier.com
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