The chances of it happening twice are one in 14,400, so what are the odds? Pretty good, actually, since so many people have taken this quiz - this implies that one in three people will comment if they get 'TEXAS' scrambled correctly.
@Aesthus and Roteswasser: no, the chance that it happens twice in a row is one in 14,400. But every time somebody has texas, the chance is 1 in 120. So many people have encountered this :)
I've done this quiz so much now I can just see the states pretty much straight away,I'm just trying over and over to get it done with 1:30 or more left though, so far my best is 1:28 :/
Think of it as large groups of sneezes - "mass achoo sets" and then change the oo to u and add a t...actually that may be harder to remember than the actual spelling. Never mind.
I love these quizzes where the answers are scrambled randomly and you don't get the same ones every time. Makes it fun to take the quiz several times (also makes it harder to cheat). can regular users make this kind of quiz, or only Quizmaster?
1:34 remaining - has anyone bettered this time? Just to be clear, I am not trying to brag, just curious as to where I stand amongst those who can do this and also type reasonably quickly...
You all are excited over Ohio scrambles as Ohio or Texas as Texas. But what are the odds that I end up with Pennsylvania scrambled as Pennsylvania? On a side note, I got Mississippi as iimpisspiss.
Imagine the letters are in a hat, and you need to choose them in the right order. At first there are 12 letters in the hat, and you need to pull a P, your chances are 1 in 12. If you get that, then you need to pull the E out of the remaining letters, chances of doing so are 1/11. Next you need to pull an N, but there are 3 in the remaining letters, so 3/10... and so forth. Formula is below.
Well, out of the 50 states, this quiz allows 20 random states, so the odds of Ohio showing up is 20/50, or 2/5.
Also, when 4 letters are scrambled there is a 1/24 chance of it being the same, but in Ohio's case it is doubled because of the two "O"'s in it's name. This means the odds are 1/12.
Multiplying the 2 fractions: 1/12*2/5=2/60. And we can simplify that by dividing each side by 2.
Equation: (2/60)/2=1/30.
1/30
There is a 1/30 chance for "Ohio" to be scrambled as "Ohio" on this quiz.
I could have done better. But it is still good, given the fact that I am not an American.
I am Indonesian
here it is
Imagine the letters are in a hat, and you need to choose them in the right order. At first there are 12 letters in the hat, and you need to pull a P, your chances are 1 in 12. If you get that, then you need to pull the E out of the remaining letters, chances of doing so are 1/11. Next you need to pull an N, but there are 3 in the remaining letters, so 3/10... and so forth. Formula is below.
1/(1/12 * 1/11 * 3/10 * 2/9 * 1/8 * 1/7 * 1/6 * 1/5 * 2/4 * 1/3 * 1/2 * 1/1)
Also, when 4 letters are scrambled there is a 1/24 chance of it being the same, but in Ohio's case it is doubled because of the two "O"'s in it's name. This means the odds are 1/12.
Multiplying the 2 fractions: 1/12*2/5=2/60. And we can simplify that by dividing each side by 2.
Equation: (2/60)/2=1/30.
1/30
There is a 1/30 chance for "Ohio" to be scrambled as "Ohio" on this quiz.
Missed deleware and louisiana