(Taken directly from my math151 book whose title I will not mention so that people will not find this when they search for its ebook on google HAHA)
Question: Currently a college senior, Jeremy has had a secret crush on Emma ever since the third grade. Two weeks ago, fearing that his feelings would forever go unrequited, he broke his silence and sent Emma a letter through Campus Mail, acknowledging his twelve-year secret romance. Now, fourteen agonizing days later, he has yet to receive a response. Hoping against hope, Jeremy and his fragile psyche are clinging to the possibility that someone’s letter was lost in the mail
Assuming that (1) Emma (who is actually secretly dating Jeremy’s father) has a 70% chance of mailing a response if, in fact, she had received the letter and (2) the Campus Post Office has a one in fifty chance of losing any particular piece of mail, what is the probability that Emma never received Jeremy’s confession of the heart?
Answer: <insert lengthy and complicated tree diagram and computation falala here>
= 0.061
Sadly, the magnitude is not good news for Jeremy. This follows that Emma’s probability of having received the letter but not caring enough to respond was almost 94%. “Faint heart ne’er won fair lady,” but Jeremy would probably be well-advised to direct his romantic intentions elsewhere.
What is authorsarenerdswhoareforeversawiinlife HAHAHA.
Also, preliterate folks like rocks. As in, they really like rocks. Who needs fire when these folks got the best rocks in the world HARHARHAR TIEM TO SMUSH THE BUNNIES.
(Horrible first post after that long hiatus but meh, I’m too tired of trying to come up with something all pretty and madrama HAHA hello, summer kasabawan)






