Good morning boys and girls and welcome to what could be the best day of your life, but I doubt it somehow.
Shari:
act
Char___er
act out of character
T
U
H
S
shut up
I'LL GET
IT
ill get over it
OHONLEE
Hole in One
Eye e
See except
I before E except after C
Not just a pretty face!
Mark:
LOADED COIN
The answer is (2/3)^10 = ~ 0.017342 .
Let pi be the probability of ruin given a bankroll of $i.
p1 = .4 + .6*p2
p2 = .4*p1 + .6*p3
p3 = .4*p2 + .6*p4
p4 = .4*p3 + .6*p5
p5 = .4*p4 + .6*p6
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Now sum the equations.
Sum for i=1 to infinity of pi = .4 + .4*(sum for i=1 to infinity of pi) + .6*(sum for i=2 to infinity of pi)
Sum for i=1 to infinity of pi = .4 + (sum for i=1 to infinity of pi) -.6*p1)
.6*p1=.4
p1=.4/.6 = 2/3
At this point you can use substitution to find that pi=(2/3)^i.
So p10=(2/3)^10 = ~0.017342
YYUR
YYUB
ICUR
YY4ME
too wise you are
too wise you be
I see you are
too wise for me
Stand take to takings
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throw..my
I understand you undertake to overthrow my undertakings.
May I highlight two Shari puzzles that I thought were extra, extra clever:
DDWESTDD
FRIENDS
STANDING
miss
FRIENDS
Mark provided the necessary answers:
West Indies
Misunderstanding between friends
Kool!
"Rap: Sorry, you violated condition 5."
NO! OMG! NO! Not condition 5! What will become of us.
THE RASINGINGIN
My first half read backward means 'dull,' & I am a period of each day
I am a student of a certain scientific discipline. My last four letters are a cloud of water droplets
Remove my first two letters & you have the name of a certain body of water. I am a mythical creature found in folklore
Warning: If you thought yesterdays problem was all but freekin impossible, this one may tip you over the edge
You have been warned!
In this year's just-played Wibbledown Women's Tennis Championship, Shari and seven other women players reached the quarterfinals, where four of them won to advance to the semifinals; the two semifinal winners then met for the Women's Singles title on Sunday. All matches were best 2-out-of-3 sets. Given the match results below, can you solve this tricky Logic Puzzle by scoring who won and lost each match (quarterfinals, semifinals, and final) of Wibbledown 2006?
Debbie, who isn't Miss King, won one set by a 6-0 score.
In a quarterfinal match, Erica defeated Miss Wade 6-2, 6-1.
Faith lost one of the semifinal matches 6-4, 6-3.
In one match during the three rounds, Miss Evert outlasted Miss Riggs 6-4, 6-7, 6-2.
Miss Trabert exited Wibbledown before the championship final, losing her last match 6-3, 6-0.
Beth upset the higher-seeded Miss King in one match.
Faith, Miss Connors, and Miss Gonzales entered the tournament as past champions.
Heather and Miss Evert team for Women's Doubles competition.
Alicia faced Miss Connelly in one match in the three rounds.
Jenny and Miss Wade both use Wilson tennis rackets.
During their matches in the three rounds, Heather lost a total of four sets while Miss Gonzales lost a total of three.
