SOLUTION: What is the error? Two people are playing a game. One of them says, "Either I will win or you will. The sample space contains two outcomes, so we each have a probability of one-

SOLUTION: What is the error? Two people are playing a game. One of them says, "Either I will win or you will. The sample space contains two outcomes, so we each have a probability of one-

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Question 487895: What is the error? Two people are playing a game. One of them says, "Either I will win or you will. The sample space contains two outcomes, so we each have a probability of one-half?" What is the error?

Answer by chessace(471) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
OK until near the end. There is no reason to assume that the probabilities are equal. Only then will P = 1/2.
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