Thursday, March 19, 2009

March "Mathness" -What's the probabilty of picking a perfect bracket?

I have done a few brackets for this year's tournament!

1.) First Glance
2.) By Chance, flip of coin (random), then replace all #16 seed's wins with #1 seed teams.
3.) What I think, or sorry What I KNOW!

Help me math classes!

What is the probability of me picking a perfect bracket? Please site any sources that help you figure this out. Explain, how you get the percentage.


Who do you think will win and what are the chances of them winning?

By the way I have no idea what the answers are for this.
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6 comments:

  1. DF643March 20, 2009 at 6:05 AM

    the odds are 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 1

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  2. Paideia MathMarch 20, 2009 at 9:04 AM

    Site a source or prove it!

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  3. Maddie the GreatMarch 20, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    2 to the 64th power
    so...
    18,446,744,073,709,552,000 to 1

    sources:
    brain & calculator

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  4. Paideia MathMarch 22, 2009 at 6:40 AM

    I have done some research! There are some reasonable responses that would yield bonus points to those who are able to explain, how to find the odds of picking the perfect bracket. We have a couple of responses with no explanations. I will challenge you guys to take a couple more cracks at it. I will give 10 bonus points on the next quiz to the winners. First unique answers that make sense get the points!

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  5. Hollywood Fly FashionistMarch 22, 2009 at 5:58 PM

    I SAY UR CHANCES ARE .25% RIGHT OF HAVING A PERFECT BRACKET THERE IS 32 GAMES PLAYED ON EACH SIDE DIVIDED INTO 4 SECTIONS WITH SIX TEAMS WHICH COULD BE MINIMIZED

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  6. Hollywood Fly FashionistMarch 23, 2009 at 11:12 AM

    I THinK DHaT COnNeTICut WiLl win

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