• Matriks404@lemmy.world
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    16 days ago

    Imagine being the first one being killed on any of these tracks.

    The probability of that is…?

    Mathematicians tell me, please, because my mind is breaking.

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      16 days ago

      It’s 0. I mean someone has to be the first, but betting on any particular person to be the first will necessarily be a losing bet.

    • psud@aussie.zone
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      15 days ago

      I think on the bottom you have to be the zeroth, but typically the first person tied to the track would be the first, so if the first is at 1 they’re safe since there’s an infinity (a large infinity even) before them and there’s only one tram that can hit one person at a time

      It’ll take infinite time just to start hitting