### Gambling at Monte Carlo

A man went to Monte Carlo to try and make his fortune. Is his strategy a winning one?

### Marbles and Bags

Two bags contain different numbers of red and blue marbles. A marble is removed from one of the bags. The marble is blue. What is the probability that it was removed from bag A?

### Coin Tossing Games

You and I play a game involving successive throws of a fair coin. Suppose I pick HH and you pick TH. The coin is thrown repeatedly until we see either two heads in a row (I win) or a tail followed by a head (you win). What is the probability that you win?

# Pay Attention

##### Age 14 to 16 ShortChallenge Level

When a speaker gave a talk, 6% of the audience slept through the whole thing.
22% of the audience stayed awake and heard the entire talk.

Of the rest of the audience, half of them heard $\frac{2}{3}$ of the talk, and half of them heard $\frac{1}{3}$ of the talk.

What was the average proportion of the talk that people heard?

This problem is adapted from the World Mathematics Championships
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