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    High School What is the probability of two Los Angeles teams making it to the world series

    Ok, so I received this email from my dad this morning, he is clearly wrong. But help me disprove the faulty logic. "here is a prove that your 25% reasoning is not working: Phil (NotLA) vs. Angels (LA) - 25% NY (NotLA) vs. Dodgers (LA) - 25% Dodgers (LA) vs. Angels (LA) - 25% Phil (NotLA) vs...
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    High School What is the probability of two Los Angeles teams making it to the world series

    I was having a debate with my dad about this. I actually told him shortly after that I realized it was actually 75%. He remains completely unconvinced, telling me to look up Boolean Algebra and ridiculous theories like 1+1=1. Probably through some esoteric proof he thinks that it's somehow 50%...
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    High School What is the probability of two Los Angeles teams making it to the world series

    can anyone answer this one? The baseball series has 4 teams in it and two are from los angeles. What are the chances of a Los Angeles team making it to the world series, at first I said simple. 50% but is this true? The dodgers are playing Philly, and in theory Philly has a 50% chance of...