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Allen's Ambivalent Approximation (Posted on 2007-01-11)

Woody Allen once said "Being bisexual doubles your chance of a date on Saturday night."

But that's obviously/logically false! What should he have said?

Submitted by Old Original Oskar!

Rating: 4.0000 (2 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

If your probability of getting a date is P, a bisexual would have 1-(1-P)² probability of getting a date, or 2P-P².

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Subject	Author	Date
Puzzle thoughts	K Sengupta	2023-03-06 23:46:44
Double Date	Gamer	2007-01-12 14:45:27
re: It's not as funny, but ... (spoiler)	Old Original Oskar!	2007-01-11 14:55:40
He's approximately correct - sort of	Jer	2007-01-11 12:08:13
Some math	Federico Kereki	2007-01-11 11:36:51
It's not as funny, but ... (spoiler)	Steve Herman	2007-01-11 07:42:54

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