So the Problem goes like this :- An old man had $17$ camels . He had $3$ sons and the man had decided to give each son a property with his camels. Unfortunately however, the man dies, and in his l...
In case this is the correct solution: Why does the probability change when the father specifies the birthday of a son? (does it actually change? A lot of answers/posts stated that the statement does matter) What I mean is: It is clear that (in case he has a son) his son is born on some day of the week.
The only way to get the 13/27 answer is to make the unjustified unreasonable assumption that Dave is boy-centric & Tuesday-centric: if he has two sons born on Tue and Sun he will mention Tue; if he has a son & daughter both born on Tue he will mention the son, etc.
After $\frac {1} {7}$ more of his life, Diophantus married. Five years later, he had a son. The son lived exactly half as long as his father, and Diophantus died just four years after his son's death." What is his age? I wanted to reach out regarding my approach as I am not sure what is wrong about it? I do not get a nice answer.
Both wanting not to switch in any circumstances is a Nash equilibrium: neither can do better by changing strategy. One wanting not to switch and the other wanting to switch in any circumstances is not a Nash equilibrium: for example the first son could do better by wanting to switch when his envelope has $10^0$. Consider these examples when looking for Nash equilibria pure strategies: If the ...