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Tealeaf · 21-02-2006, 16:25

Well, it is nice to see that the difference between mathematical certainty and statistical probablity has been established. The sharp eyed amongst you will have spotted the fatal conceptual flaw in Rob's betting table link.
For those of you you ain't,the column stating "lowest possible position" is of course, incorrect; Stanley could only end up third from bottom on the basis that every other individual team won every subsequent game; you don't need to be a brain surgeon to work out that this is not quite possible.

Here's a more interesting mathamatical conindrum for you to calculate. For Stanley's second goal last night, and assuming that Mullen shot from 15ft from the nearest goallpost,and the ball missed that nearest post by 2" on the outside and then passed the far post by 2" on the inside, what was the angle of shot?

21-02-2006, 16:25	#26
Tealeaf God Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Paradise Lost Posts: 7,220 Liked: 11 times Rep Power: 4266	Re: Mathematically impossible Well, it is nice to see that the difference between mathematical certainty and statistical probablity has been established. The sharp eyed amongst you will have spotted the fatal conceptual flaw in Rob's betting table link. For those of you you ain't,the column stating "lowest possible position" is of course, incorrect; Stanley could only end up third from bottom on the basis that every other individual team won every subsequent game; you don't need to be a brain surgeon to work out that this is not quite possible. Here's a more interesting mathamatical conindrum for you to calculate. For Stanley's second goal last night, and assuming that Mullen shot from 15ft from the nearest goallpost,and the ball missed that nearest post by 2" on the outside and then passed the far post by 2" on the inside, what was the angle of shot? Last edited by Tealeaf; 21-02-2006 at 16:29.