Medaka box reacts to the multiverse of Kumagawa Misogi

Chapter 156:Probability is subjective

Saki truly hopes that whatever Bill decides to show he won't show her attempt at teaching Kumagawa. Honestly speaking, it was a waste of time.

Well, she supposed he understood it at the final. In the most convoluted and illogical way possible, that is.

He had killed any intention Saki had of ever becoming a teacher. Which was fine, because she found being an idol to be much more profitable.

Bill:Oho? Did someone remember some good old tra...

Saki:Just roll the damn clip, fucking plate cyclop!

Saki was getting so frustrated that she had thrown what she thought was the right way to teach out the window. Well, not like she was planning to become a teacher anyway.

At this point, she thinks he's just messing with her. That's exactly the type of thing he'd do.

Saki:In other words, it's only after that five-sixths probability occurs, and then that one-fifth probability occurs, that Player B loses their life and that's how it gets calculated.

Kumagawa:[I understand. So basically, the probability of Player B getting a Game Over comes from combining five-sixths and one-fifth, right?]

Saki:...Yes?

Kumagawa:[So we add five-sixths and one-fifth. Let's see, get the lowest common denominator twenty-five out of thirty plus six out of thirty makes thirty-one out of thirty, or about 103 percent!]

Why would he go over 100 percents? Was this supposed to be some temporary consumption tax?

Saki:Why would you add them together? When you combine two fractions, you're supposed to multiply them, Kumagawa-kun. Not addition, but multiplication.

Kumagawa:[Oh, is that so.]

He didn't seem particularry surprised by such a thing. So he was messing with her!

Kumagawa:[Than we end up with one-sixth.]

Saki:We did, didn't we? In other words, the conditions are the same. In Russian Roulette, whether you go first or second, there's no advantage or disadvantage.

Kumagawa:[This is a really confusing concept, huh? I more or less understand it now, but just for reference, let's keep going. If Player B also survives on their first try, then what's the probability for when it comes to Player A's turn again? That is, the probability of Player A getting a Game Over on their second try?]

Saki:In that case, it's five-sixths times four-fifths times one-fourth of course, it should be obvious that it's one-fourth because there could be one bullet in any of the four remaining spaces.

Kumagawa:[And five-sixths times four-fifths times one-fourth is also one-sixth. And after that, Player B's second try?]

Saki:Five-sixths times four-fifths times three-fourths times one-third, that equals?

Kumagawa:[One-sixth...]

Myouri:Talk about a long lecture...How the hell did teachers deal with him before.

Kouki:Kumagawa-san wasn't a big fan of teachers back in middle school. In fact, he made several teachers quit. If he didn't understand something back then he'd just ask Anshin'in-san.

Najimi:It was just as convoluted, but I found it to be an enjoyable method to kill time.

Saki:You're the only one.

Gagamaru:To be fair, our homeroom teacher is very patiebt with us.

Mukae:Richigi-sensei also teaches math, so...