ODDS

spodoinkle

Bank holiday shift coming up, 6 people are down to work, 3 male, 3 female. 3 early shifts available, 3 late.

If the names are being pulled out of a hat for the early shifts, ie the first 3 out of the hat get an early shift, what are the odds for the first 3 names out of the hat being all female?

All Hail President Murphy

There are 3 female staff, so they represent 3 out of 6.

Odds of first one being pulled is

3/6

since there are only 5 left altogether now and 2 females. Odds of next one is

2/5

and this logically follows onto

1/4 for next

so 3/6*2/5*1/4

=6/120 = 1/20

20 to 1

turtleshead

the same odds as the first 3 names being all male surely....

paulmclaughlin

42

uch

I Like Cake

The Backwards Man

720/1

holystungun9

Thread reminds me of local scumbag asking for money. Any odds boss? No, now f**k off.

kneemos

Are you actually using a a hat to pull out the tickets?

gramar

a hat? no Fifa style pot with little balls inside that you pull apart to reveal a rolled up bit of paper with the persons name? C'mon, do it properly at least.

uch

gramar wrote: »

a hat? no Fifa style pot with little balls inside that you pull apart to reveal a rolled up bit of paper with the persons name? C'mon, do it properly at least.

Female staff with Hats and Balls inside, this is getting better by the minute

BillyMitchel

Are ye riding one of the females?

pickarooney

Do you reckon they pulled a fast one on you?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I assume this is neither an accountants office nor a bookies!

Merkin

Pancakes

GenieOz

spodoinkle wrote: »

Bank holiday shift coming up, 6 people are down to work, 3 male, 3 female. 3 early shifts available, 3 late.

If the names are being pulled out of a hat for the early shifts, ie the first 3 out of the hat get an early shift, what are the odds for the first 3 names out of the hat being all female?

I think these odds may end up being skewed slightly depending on how friendly with the shift manager you are.

shruikan2553

Ryland Strong Bone wrote: »

I assume this is neither an accountants office nor a bookies!

Probably a bank

Donkey Oaty

All Hail President Murphy wrote: »

There are 3 female staff, so they represent 3 out of 6.

Odds of first one being pulled is

3/6

since there are only 5 left altogether now and 2 females. Odds of next one is

2/5

and this logically follows onto

1/4 for next

so 3/6*2/5*1/4

=6/120 = 1/20

20 to 1

One in twenty is not twenty to one. It is nineteen to one.

alchemist33

All Hail President Murphy wrote: »

There are 3 female staff, so they represent 3 out of 6.

Odds of first one being pulled is

3/6

since there are only 5 left altogether now and 2 females. Odds of next one is

2/5

and this logically follows onto

1/4 for next

so 3/6*2/5*1/4

=6/120 = 1/20

20 to 1

Wouldn't 1 in 20 translate to odds of 19/1?

Donkey Oaty

alchemist33 wrote: »

Wouldn't 1 in 20 translate to odds of 19/1?

Oi, you, get in the queue!

shanered

Let me see........






did somebody say pancakes?

PizzamanIRL

The odds of you getting the shift with a female colleague?

Zero.

Nemeses

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

The odds of you getting the shift with a female colleague?

Zero.

BOOM!

Specialun

Depends on a few things my learned friend

What type of hat?

Is it a bowler hat..or a cocktail hat. You see a bowler hat is deeper so the independent adjudacator might mix the paper up more times

Is it a4 paper..pieces of a newspaper..you see pieces of the newspaper is more than likely lighter

What colour socks is the independent adjucator wearing?

We need all this info