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Probability Puzzles

Conditioning, expectation recurrences, and Bayes-first reasoning.

About this puzzle set

Conditioning, expectation recurrences, and Bayes-first reasoning.

Puzzles in this topic

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1. Biased Coin to Fair Bit (Von Neumann)  [Medium]
2. Expected Tosses Until First HH  [Medium]
3. Two Children, At Least One Boy  [Easy]
4. Monty Hall Switching Odds  [Medium]
5. Birthday Collision Threshold  [Medium]
6. Bayes on Failing Test Alerts  [Hard]

Work each puzzle before reading the solution: predict the exact output or answer, name the rule that governs it, then check yourself.

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