Episode 2: Probability
Always Take the Middle Taxi
The problem of the week in this episode involves the probability of a certain arrangement of random cars at a traffic light. We then find a couple ways to compute the answer to the problem about dogsitting fluffy from the previous episode.
Episode 3: Probability
A Perfectly Balanced War
In this episode, we ask you to compute the probability of losing an Ace when playing a turn of the card game War, and then solve the taxi arrangement problem from last...
Episode 4: Probability
Passing Your Driver's Test
At the DMV, there are test takers who study, and there are those who pass. This episode’s problem investigates the relationship between these groups, using Bayes’ Theo...
Episode 5: Probability
Grandma's Secret College Fund
A second Bayes’ Theorem problem is presented in this episode, as we sample a random bill from a piggy bank and try to compute the updated probability of the contents o...