# Ask Questions, Get Answers **URL:** \ **Category:** Unrelated Discussion\ **Created:** [June 16, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189 "2013-06-16T21:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheYoYoist101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoist101/32/842_2.png) [@TheYoYoist101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoYoist101)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/1 "2013-06-16T21:13:57Z")
> **[Mason DeVriend (@MDeVFoxy). Ask me anything on ASKfm](https://ask.fm/MDeVFoxy)** > > Get in touch with Mason DeVriend (@MDeVFoxy). Ask anything you want to learn about Mason DeVriend by getting answers on ASKfm. Have no clue if I’m popular enough to have one of these yet but anyway, ask me questions. ---
**Author:** ![MattE](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/matte/32/90162_2.png) [@MattE](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MattE)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/2 "2013-06-16T21:27:07Z")
If 20 students are sitting in a circle, what is the probability student “x” is sitting next to student “y”? ---
**Author:** ![Apollo2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apollo2/32/1285_2.png) [@Apollo2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apollo2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/3 "2013-06-16T22:58:32Z")
> **[Ethan (@Ethanccohen). Ask me anything on ASKfm](https://ask.fm/ethanccohen)** > > Get in touch with Ethan (@Ethanccohen). Ask anything you want to learn about Ethan by getting answers on ASKfm. ---
**Author:** ![TheYoYoist101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoist101/32/842_2.png) [@TheYoYoist101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoYoist101)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/4 "2013-06-16T23:07:45Z")
> [@MattE](#): > > If 20 students are sitting in a circle, what is the probability student “x” is sitting next to student “y”? Those are both variables silly. ---
**Author:** ![LinksLegionaire](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/linkslegionaire/32/886_2.png) [@LinksLegionaire](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/LinksLegionaire)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/5 "2013-06-16T23:23:33Z")
> [@MattE](#): > > If 20 students are sitting in a circle, what is the probability student “x” is sitting next to student “y”? Well student x is sitting next to two people at any given time. On one side, there’s a 1/19 chance of it being student y, on his other side, there’s a 1/18 chance. So there’s about an 11% chance student x would be sitting next to student y. You’re not off to a good start, Mason 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/6 "2013-06-16T23:29:14Z")
19\*18=342 1/342=0.002 So, wouldn’t it be a 0.002% chance? I just know I did something wrong there, though… ---
**Author:** ![GambinoGirl14](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gambinogirl14/32/1224_2.png) [@GambinoGirl14](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GambinoGirl14)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/7 "2013-06-17T00:25:28Z")
Ask me questions too! I haven’t gotten any yet… 😢 > **[Tiereney Ulmer (@UlmerIsANerd). Ask me anything on ASKfm](https://ask.fm/UlmerIsANerd)** > > Get in touch with Tiereney Ulmer (@UlmerIsANerd). Ask anything you want to learn about Tiereney Ulmer by getting answers on ASKfm. ---
**Author:** ![Apollo2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/apollo2/32/1285_2.png) [@Apollo2](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Apollo2)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/8 "2013-06-17T00:28:25Z")
> [@Apollo2](#): > > [Ethan (@ETHANCCOHEN) — 10 ANSWERS | ASKFM](http://ask.fm/ethanccohen) ---
**Author:** ![Jake\_Elliott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@Jake\_Elliott](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jake_Elliott)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/9 "2013-06-17T00:37:37Z")
> [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > 19\*18=342 > > 1/342=0.002 > > So, wouldn’t it be a 0.002% chance? I just know I did something wrong there, though… Student Y can only be on one side at a time, so its an OR problem, rather than and AND problem. With OR problems you add the probability of either A or B occurring, with an AND problem you multiply the probability of A and B occurring. Therefore, it would be (1/18) + (1/19) = .108 Man, looks like AP stats paid off. ---
**Author:** ![TheYoYoist101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/theyoyoist101/32/842_2.png) [@TheYoYoist101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheYoYoist101)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/10 "2013-06-17T05:28:59Z")
> [@Jake Elliott](#): > > > [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](#): > > > > 19\*18=342 > > > > 1/342=0.002 > > > > So, wouldn’t it be a 0.002% chance? I just know I did something wrong there, though… > > Student Y can only be on one side at a time, so its an OR problem, rather than and AND problem. With OR problems you add the probability of either A or B occurring, with an AND problem you multiply the probability of A and B occurring. > > Therefore, it would be > (1/18) + (1/19) = .108 > > Man, looks like AP stats paid off. I leave for a few hours and come back to this… ---
**Author:** ![Jdrabik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jdrabik/32/1110_2.png) [@Jdrabik](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Jdrabik)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 1:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/11 "2013-06-17T13:49:53Z")
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e95f7d/32.png) [@Yoyo\_Kangaroo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Yoyo_Kangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/ask-questions-get-answers/55189/12 "2013-06-17T18:50:50Z")
> [@Jdrabik](#): > > How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood. 😄 A woodchuck would chuck as much wood as a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood.