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ERIC Number: EJ464696
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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An Unexpected Expected Value.
Schwartzman, Steven
Mathematics Teacher, v86 n2 p118-20 Feb 1993
Discusses the surprising result that the expected number of marbles of one color drawn from a set of marbles of two colors after two draws without replacement is the same as the expected number of that color marble after two draws with replacement. Presents mathematical models to help explain this phenomenon. (MDH)
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Games, Higher Education, Learning Activities, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Statistics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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