el_psd

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

responseThanks for the catch! Once I noticed that the probability of winning on the initial flip was the difference between the two, I stopped thinking about the other terms...

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I read the other answers in the thread, and I definitely would have gotten this wrong without that. This answer stands a chance at least

IndependenceA and C are independent, A and B are not. Since you have a chance to win on turn 4 that you do not have on turn 1, P(A|B) = 1/2 + 1/16 + 1/64... = 7/12 != P(A). Conversely, P(A|C) = 1/4 + 1/16 + 1/64... = 1/3 = P(A)