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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?
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.
