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deoxy99

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Ball Estimation
« on: May 24, 2010, 10:33:53 AM »
How many balls are in this picture?

Just look for 1.5 seconds.
Scoreboard:
NeutronStar: 91.66% accuracy
Dan Dixon: 83.33% accuracy
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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2010, 10:34:23 AM »
The closer you are, the more points you get.

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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2010, 02:35:01 PM »
11. Trust me I didn't count.

Although, you can't trust most people.

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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2010, 02:46:35 PM »
You get 11/12 points.

You were 1 off.
12 was the right answer.
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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2010, 02:59:03 PM »
I know. I counted afterwards.

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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2010, 01:57:41 PM »
My first guess was 10.

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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2010, 02:08:21 PM »
My first guess was 10.
You get 10/12 points. You were 2 off, pretty good.
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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2010, 02:40:48 PM »
I know. I counted afterwards.
But you didn't know you would get 9 points.

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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2010, 01:29:55 PM »
You'll like this... It's an estimation game:

http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Estimation

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Re: Ball Estimation
« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2010, 01:32:14 PM »