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 week’s episode.
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...
Episode 6: Geometry
The Perfect Snow Cone
This episode kicks off a sequence of geometry problems, here we are figuring out the optimal dimensions of a snow cone holder. We then solve the final puzzle of the pr...