an extra meaty probability problem

Merlot Daruwala wrote:this is a trick question. first of all, karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman only bring tiffin-boxes to school and not lunchboxes.

second, vinod would not be seen in the same madurai school as karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman.

Merlot Daruwala wrote:this is a trick question. first of all, karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman only bring tiffin-boxes to school and not lunchboxes.

second, vinod would not be seen in the same madurai school as karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman.

and if you are talking about vinod arokiaswamy, well, then karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman would not be sharing their tiffin-boxes with him.

Maria S wrote:The probability is rather high that a nice venkatesan and nice venkatraman would also ask her if she wanted some, and would not refuse to share if she was outgoing and wanted some!

Vidya Bagchi wrote:1 and 0?

Captain Bhankas wrote:a class in a madurai school is attended by the following students : karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman. each one of them has brought an ordinary lunchbox to school with them. a lunchbox is opened at random by vinod.

1. what is the probability of finding thayir sadam in it?
2. what is the probability of vinod opening another box?

Maria S wrote:What's 1 and 0 Tracy?

Merlot Daruwala wrote:this is a trick question. first of all, karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman only bring tiffin-boxes to school and not lunchboxes.

second, vinod would not be seen in the same madurai school as karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman.

and if you are talking about vinod arokiaswamy, well, then karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman would not be sharing their tiffin-boxes with him.

Maria S wrote:

Merlot Daruwala wrote:this is a trick question. first of all, karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman only bring tiffin-boxes to school and not lunchboxes.

second, vinod would not be seen in the same madurai school as karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman.

and if you are talking about vinod arokiaswamy, well, then karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman would not be sharing their tiffin-boxes with him.

I don't know..if it was a nice maria or nice rosy arokiasamy, a nice parvathi or a nice laxmi would certainly share some of the nice food in that tiffin box with her. The probability is rather high that a nice venkatesan and nice venkatraman would also ask her if she wanted some, and would not refuse to share if she was outgoing and wanted some! But, not sure about karthik..he seems like a cadbury kind of guy..think he may sneak a couple of bars to her, if he liked her..of course;)

Impedimenta wrote:

Maria S wrote:

Merlot Daruwala wrote:this is a trick question. first of all, karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman only bring tiffin-boxes to school and not lunchboxes.

second, vinod would not be seen in the same madurai school as karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman.

and if you are talking about vinod arokiaswamy, well, then karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman would not be sharing their tiffin-boxes with him.

I don't know..if it was a nice maria or nice rosy arokiasamy, a nice parvathi or a nice laxmi would certainly share some of the nice food in that tiffin box with her. The probability is rather high that a nice venkatesan and nice venkatraman would also ask her if she wanted some, and would not refuse to share if she was outgoing and wanted some! But, not sure about karthik..he seems like a cadbury kind of guy..think he may sneak a couple of bars to her, if he liked her..of course;)

no. you are wrong M akka. no sharing food, especially thayir saadam. laxmi and parvathis are fiercely protective of their goods.

Maria S wrote:

Impedimenta wrote:

Maria S wrote:

Merlot Daruwala wrote:this is a trick question. first of all, karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman only bring tiffin-boxes to school and not lunchboxes.

second, vinod would not be seen in the same madurai school as karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman.

and if you are talking about vinod arokiaswamy, well, then karthik, venkat, laxmi, parvathi, karthikeyan, venkatesan and venkatraman would not be sharing their tiffin-boxes with him.

I don't know..if it was a nice maria or nice rosy arokiasamy, a nice parvathi or a nice laxmi would certainly share some of the nice food in that tiffin box with her. The probability is rather high that a nice venkatesan and nice venkatraman would also ask her if she wanted some, and would not refuse to share if she was outgoing and wanted some! But, not sure about karthik..he seems like a cadbury kind of guy..think he may sneak a couple of bars to her, if he liked her..of course;)

no. you are wrong M akka. no sharing food, especially thayir saadam. laxmi and parvathis are fiercely protective of their goods.

Sorry, disagree sister I:)
Been there and done that! Let's say..you are in a class with a julie john..and you see her as a friend..would you not share?
*The interesting thing is "intra-group/caste dynamics" are different too..laxmi may be fiercely protective of her goods with parvathi..but, may be more friendly and towards julie (who is an "outsider" and refreshing to be around!)..or laxmi and parvathi can gang up against julie!
The same applies to julie too..she may be protective of her "biriyani" with maria..but, she may want to share some nice fish with laxmi (if they don't mind the non-veg and try it, of course!)

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:I don't think anyone is addressing the pure shame in opening a tiffin-box filled to the brim with thayir saadam and a dried river bed of sambar and an even tinier island of vendakkai, while sitting discreetly in the hallway with feet draped over and planted on the grass, covered by the thick shrubbery; with just one more caste-mate, who is willing to grudgingly share his/her vatthal, the only shareable item between the two.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:I don't think anyone is addressing the pure shame in opening a tiffin-box filled to the brim with thayir saadam and a dried river bed of sambar and an even tinier island of vendakkai, while sitting discreetly in the hallway with feet draped over and planted on the grass, covered by the thick shrubbery; with just one more caste-mate, who is willing to grudgingly share his/her vatthal, the only shareable item between the two.

have to run, but my tiffin box most days was thayir sadam with a dollop of blood and some poriyal. you see my aunt had gotten this firm idea in her head that beet root would do my brain a world of good. so most days i had to have beet root sambar.

Vidya Bagchi wrote:My tiffin in school was paratha achar. Mostly mango pickle, sometimes lemon pickle. Some rare once-a-week variations were paratha sabzi. In college it was almost always sabzi-stuffed paratha. In both school and college, I would eat lunch at home later.

HK wrote:it should be 1 and 1 i think. vinod will be left disappointed for he is looking for a meaty lunch.

Maria S wrote:And I forgot Vinod as the special "curious" classmate in the second scenario..my bad! Now, there are so many possibilities!

PG wrote:need to understand how many lives each of them had

Captain Bhankas wrote:in my lifetime so far, i must have consumed, by a conservative estimate, at least 5 tonnes of aloo. my sincere thanks to purtuguese invaders.

Captain Bhankas wrote:

HK wrote:it should be 1 and 1 i think. vinod will be left disappointed for he is looking for a meaty lunch.

hahaha. but tracey trivedi right. it is 1 and 0. vinod has no intention of opening another lunchbox after seeing the contents of the first one.

Captain Bhankas wrote:
in my lifetime so far, i must have consumed, by a conservative estimate, at least 5 tonnes of aloo. my sincere thanks to purtuguese invaders.

Merlot Daruwala wrote:

Captain Bhankas wrote:in my lifetime so far, i must have consumed, by a conservative estimate, at least 5 tonnes of aloo. my sincere thanks to purtuguese invaders.

Captain Bhankas wrote:

Maria S wrote:And I forgot Vinod as the special "curious" classmate in the second scenario..my bad! Now, there are so many possibilities!

oh, our protagonist is curious but he gets a whiff of what's in the other boxes just by opening the first one, so it is 1 and 0.

Maria S wrote:

Captain Bhankas wrote:

Maria S wrote:And I forgot Vinod as the special "curious" classmate in the second scenario..my bad! Now, there are so many possibilities!

oh, our protagonist is curious but he gets a whiff of what's in the other boxes just by opening the first one, so it is 1 and 0.

I see!

So, for Vinod..it's all about whiffs..he knew his sniffs