Saturday's Puzzle.

[Bephlam]

Ok - you know the drill - here is another one....enjoy!

You can have up to three clues - but I'm sure you won't need them!

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Three identical looking umbrellas are sitting upright in a stand. Assuming the owners don't check their umbrellas' labels what percentage chance is there that only two people will walk off with their own unbrella?

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[BrideXIII]

I may have to kill you!

[jacob marley]

what the heck it don't matter if the brolly's are all the same 2-1 on otherwise.. jacob

[Bephlam]

Too simple Jacob, the brollys may LOOK the same, but each person wants their own brolly.

Come on Bride - think about it!

READ THE QUESTION!

[zazen999]

Ok - you know the drill - here is another one....enjoy!

You can have up to three clues - but I'm sure you won't need them!

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Three identical looking umbrellas are sitting upright in a stand. Assuming the owners don't check their umbrellas' labels what percentage chance is there that only two people will walk off with their own unbrella?

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Zero percent.

[jacob marley]

as you say very simple if 2 people get the right one the other has to be right..jacob

[BrideXIII]

Too simple Jacob, the brollys may LOOK the same, but each person wants their own brolly.

Come on Bride - think about it!

READ THE QUESTION!

I have, i do apologise, i am not really thick, i just can't do math based stuff, my mind goes blank.

[zazen999]

The devil is in the detail...

[jacob marley]

A question how big is the book or box of cracker's ????????..jacob

[where2start]

Assuming that each person takes the umbrella away after they have selected it, i get the following:

Four scenarios

Person 1 picks and its wrong
Person 2 picks and its wrong
Person 3 picks and its wrong
0% chance of 2 people getting the right umbrella

Scenario 2

Person 1 picks and its right
Person 2 picks and its wrong
Person 3 picks and its wrong
25% chance of 2 people getting the right umbrella

Scenario 3

Person 1 picks and its wrong
Person 2 picks and its right
Person 3 picks and its right
40% chance of 2 people getting the right umbrella

Scenario 4

Person 1 picks and its right
Person 2 picks and its right
Person 3 picks and its right
100% chance of 2 people getting the right umbrella

So the average of 100%, 40%, 25% and 0% would be 55%

The % chance that 2 people will walk of with their own umbrellas would be 55%....

Or do i need a clue, it is Sat morning after all?!!?!

[where2start]

poss tooo analytical from the FI

I am going to make coffee thats nice and easy!

[zazen999]

the clue is the word ONLY...

[lottie dolly]

two percent

[Nicos]

I'm with Andrea with that...if 2 peeps have their own - then so does the third- so you can't have ONLY 2 peeps- has to be either one, or all three


so 0% is my answer

[where2start]

So i didn't make coffee, still thinking about it!

As there are four possible scenarios and two of them would result in 2 people getting the right umbrella would it be 50%