Math Baseball Mindfuck

[powell1]

speaking of math mindfucks, this confused the shit out of me when I was all drunked up the other night:

3 Men Go Into A Motel. The Man Behind The Desk Said The Room Is $30, So Each Man Paid $10 And Went To The Room.

A While Later The Man Behind The Desk Realized The Room Was Only $25, So He Sent The Bellboy To The 3 Guys' Room With $5.

On The Way, The Bellboy Couldn't Figure Out How To Split $5 Evenly Between 3 Men, So He Gave Each Man A $1 And Kept The Other $2 For Himself.

This Meant That The 3 Men Each Paid $9 For The Room, Which Is A Total Of $27, Add The $2 That The Bellboy Kept = $29.

Where Is The Other Dollar?

 

[Mugshot]

speaking of math mindfucks, this confused the shit out of me when I was all drunked up the other night:

3 Men Go Into A Motel. The Man Behind The Desk Said The Room Is $30, So Each Man Paid $10 And Went To The Room.

A While Later The Man Behind The Desk Realized The Room Was Only $25, So He Sent The Bellboy To The 3 Guys' Room With $5.

On The Way, The Bellboy Couldn't Figure Out How To Split $5 Evenly Between 3 Men, So He Gave Each Man A $1 And Kept The Other $2 For Himself.

This Meant That The 3 Men Each Paid $9 For The Room, Which Is A Total Of $27, Add The $2 That The Bellboy Kept = $29.

Where Is The Other Dollar?

you're doing it wrong. The change was given back as the room rate is $25 and no longer $30. So, you should minus the $2 that the bellboy took from the $27, that way you get $25.

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

While researching the math behind batting averages after someone above mentioned "pondered averages", I ran across another baseball statistical anomaly called Simpson's Paradox which was pretty cool too. Once you understand the math behind it they make perfect sense, but can easily throw you if you're not careful.

 

[070707]

While researching the math behind batting averages after someone above mentioned "pondered averages", I ran across another baseball statistical anomaly called Simpson's Paradox which was pretty cool too. Once you understand the math behind it they make perfect sense, but can easily throw you if you're not careful.

The math doesn't matter when the Red Sox need to win practically every game to get to the playoffs! Fucking AL East.

(2 more games vs. the Rays and like 7 with the Yankees, including the last series of the years)

 

[Unarmed Gunman]

The math doesn't matter when the Red Sox need to win practically every game to get to the playoffs! Fucking AL East

Yeah I feel your pain - the Tigers are done already too. At least last year we forced a game 163 with the Twins, but now I'm just counting down the days till kickoff...the Lions might actually not be the worst team in the NFL anymore oh yay!