Activity for JRN‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Answer	—	A: Why rational to be indifferent between two urns, when urn A has 50-50 red and white balls, but you don't know urn B's ratio? Say you have a coin and, if flipped, will land either heads or tails. What is the probability that it lands, say, heads? The "real" answer is that the probability is unknown. The information was not given at the start. We cannot proceed further then. But if we insist on moving on, we have to hav... (more)	—	almost 3 years ago
Comment	Post #280910	Thanks for the response. I've deleted my comment (which contained a mistake). (more)	—	about 3 years ago
Comment	Post #280910	Your formula is incorrect. It uses the "equals" symbol when you yourself state that the equality doesn't hold when a=1, b=5. Perhaps you meant to use an "approximately equal to" symbol? (more)	—	about 3 years ago
Comment	Post #280741	Previously asked at https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/q/19418/77. (more)	—	about 3 years ago