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ERIC Number: EJ224416
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-May
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Watch the Red, Not the Black.
Mullet, Gary M.
Mathematics Teacher, v73 n5 p349-53 May 1980
Some counterintuitive ideas in probability are examined. In particular, for sequential selection procedure, such as drawing cards, it is shown that there is probabilistic advantage to drawing first (or early) relative to drawing last (or late) in the sequence. (Author/MK)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Game Theory, Mathematical Applications, Mathematics, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Risk, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - General
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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