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1)Ifyouhavean11minuteand13minutehourglass,howcanyouaccuratelytime15
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2)Supposeyou'reonagameshow,andyou'regiventhechoiceofthreedoors:Behindone
doorisasportscarbehindalloftheothersisbicycles.Youpickadoor,sayNo.1,andthe
host,whoknowswhat'sbehindthedoors,opensanotherdoor,sayNo.2,revealinga
bicycle.Hethensaystoyou,"DoyouwanttopickdoorNo.3?"Isittoyouradvantageto
switchyourchoice?

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Yes,bychangingyouransweryourchancesofwinningactuallygoesupfrom1/3to2/3.
Thisbecomesobviouswhenexpandingtheexample.Supposetherewas100doorsrather
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wouldswitchyourdoorbecausechancesareyoudidn'tpickthecorrectdoorinitially.

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Asintheartandliterature,thereareimaginaryandsurrealnumbers
Muchaswithpeople,thereareirrational,perfect,complexnumbers
Thereareshapesofconstantwidthotherthanthecircle.Onecanevendrillsquare
holes.
valueofPi(3.1415926)canberememberedbythisshortpoem,wherevalueofisthe
lengthofeachwordin"HowIneedadrink,alcoholicinnatureaftertheheavy
lecturesinvolvingquantummechanics."
0!=1
Sometimesinordertoaddonehastotakethedifference.

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Twosimplepolygonsofequalareacanbedissectedintoafinitenumberofcongruent
polygons
Irrationalnumbertoanirrationalpowermayberational.

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