rgs
Tour Rookie
Your playing for £1 a hole double or quits--if you lose all 18 holes how much do you owe your opponent?
Quick maths/golf question
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HTL
Tour Winner
£131,072
Oh my lord, that is crazy!!!
Oh my lord, that is crazy!!!
Tommo21
Tour Winner
Here in Scotland it would be about £2 and a Glasgow kiss.
rgs
Tour Rookie
HTL
moral of the story dont fall for that bet.
moral of the story dont fall for that bet.
flandango
Head Pro
run that by me???
viscount17
Money List Winner
can't be, your first bet was £1 so you've overpaid
£131,071 - you still have enough for the paracetamol!
time_vans
Head Pro
£79,872...ouch
rgs
Tour Rookie
Heres the deal:
£1 first hole, then £2,then £4,then £8,then £16, £32, £64, £128,£256 for the first nine holes.
The 10th goes up to £512, £1024, £2048, £4096, £8192, £16384, 16th your playing for £32768, £65536 and finally the 18th works out at £131072.
£1 first hole, then £2,then £4,then £8,then £16, £32, £64, £128,£256 for the first nine holes.
The 10th goes up to £512, £1024, £2048, £4096, £8192, £16384, 16th your playing for £32768, £65536 and finally the 18th works out at £131072.
Herbie
Tour Winner
Hole 1 bet is £1 win is £1
Hole 2 " " £2 win is £2 total = £3,to quit would eliminate it all in the same way.
This is how some people play it and the total would be £250966
Do you double the bet or the bet winnings??
It depends how the game bet is agreed ie accumulated because if you simply play the way indicated above, if halved all the way to the 17th then won the last two you would only win £2, no better than playing £1 per hole, so you have effectively doubled nothing,by doubling the way I indicated you would have doubled your winnings just on the last 2 holes.
Hole 2 " " £2 win is £2 total = £3,to quit would eliminate it all in the same way.
This is how some people play it and the total would be £250966
Do you double the bet or the bet winnings??
It depends how the game bet is agreed ie accumulated because if you simply play the way indicated above, if halved all the way to the 17th then won the last two you would only win £2, no better than playing £1 per hole, so you have effectively doubled nothing,by doubling the way I indicated you would have doubled your winnings just on the last 2 holes.
HTL
Tour Winner
Your playing double or quits so you double the amount each time or you call it quits and you get nothing. So on 17 you could possible either win £131,072 or nothing, if every hole goes your way.
viscount17
Money List Winner
this is still wrong as the first bet is £1. therefore if you add losses on hole 1 (£1) to losses on hole 2 (£2) the result is an odd number. This carries through to the end as the bet is always even and the loss total always odd.
Done this way I make it £262143. (bet +(bet-1))
Done this way I make it £262143. (bet +(bet-1))
SammmeBee
Journeyman Pro
The first answer is (nearly) always the right answer.....
