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style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>McDonald, Debra A1<br>
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10:05 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Information
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Offtopic] IBM
Monthly Puzzle</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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who could benefit form this. So was wondering if anyone has asked about
the legal side of putting a link to this site from intranet or internet pages
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offtopic-bounces@edulists.com.au on behalf of stephen@melbpc.org.au<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sat 03/03/07 3:12 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> link@anu.edu.au;
oz-teachers@cobia.ed.qut.edu.au; edunet@schools.net.au;
offtopic@edulists.com.au<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Offtopic] IBM Monthly
Puzzle</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>IBM
Research: Welcome to our Monthly Puzzles<br>
<br>
<<a href="http://www.research.ibm.com/ponder/">http://www.research.ibm.com/ponder/</a>><br>
<br>
You are cordially invited to match wits with some of the best minds in<br>
IBM Research.<br>
<br>
Seems some of us can't see a problem without wanting to take a crack at<br>
solving it. Does that sound like you? Good. Forge ahead and ponder this<br>
month's problem.<br>
<br>
We'll post a new one every month, and allow two to three weeks for you to<br>
submit solutions (we may even publish submitted answers, especially if<br>
they're correct). We won't reply individually to submitted solutions but<br>
every few days we will update a list of people who answered correctly.<br>
Towards the end of the month, we'll post the answer.<br>
<br>
Ponder This Challenge:<br>
<br>
Puzzle for February 2007.<br>
<br>
Consider the following two person game.<br>
<br>
Each player receives a random number uniformly distributed between 0 and<br>
1. Each player can choose to discard his number and receive a new random<br>
number between 0 and 1. This choice is made without knowing the other<br>
players number or whether the other player chose to replace his number.<br>
<br>
After each player has had an opportunity to replace his number the<br>
numbers are compared and the player with the higher number wins.<br>
<br>
What strategy should a player follow to ensure he will win at least 50%<br>
of the time?<br>
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Cheers people<br>
Stephen Loosley<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Victoria</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place><br>
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