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[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is my first time seeing this problem. Interesting that they taught it in school.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Had a statistics and probability class in hs instead of the standard precalc. I feel it's more applicable for students now than precalc anyways. It felt pretty cool to sit down in class and figure out the odds of winning on a lotto ticket and when the odds indicate you should buy a ticket.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah pre-calc is pretty much remedial math nowadays. You don't even get 100 level math until you're at intermediate algebra!

Thinking of it in terms of statistics makes a lot of sense, I can see how this problem would help develop intuitions.