Math trivia

[uva3021]

What is the US Moneyline on Team A v Team B given the information below:

Team A Winning Percentage: 56%

Team B Winning Percentage: 39%

First to answer correctly is awarded 10 points

[rjb1816]

how can you calculate this without knowing the surrounding details like who is home, etc?

[uva3021]

neutral site geez

[rjb1816]

oh thats my bad...cuz i know most games are played on neutral sites:rolleyes:

[upinya83]

Originally Posted by rjb1816

oh thats my bad...cuz i know most games are played on neutral sites:rolleyes:

He's saying if that is the only information given, what would you make the line

I'm going with -144 for the favorite

just a guess

:D

[uva3021]

Originally Posted by upinya83

He's saying if that is the only information given, what would you make the line

I'm going with -144 for the favorite

just a guess

:D

no cigar

[upinya83]

Originally Posted by uva3021

no cigar

close? i just thought the win probability was as simple as 56/39 = 1.4359

So -143.59 for fav
+143.59 for dog

Adding in whatever juice you charge from there

But I'm sure its not that simple for you math wizards in here :yaho:

[Bobtheicon]

1 + 39/56 = 1.7

(-100/1.7) / (100 x 1.7) = -58.82/170

ML Favorite = -346

[oldstylecubsfan]

Originally Posted by upinya83

close? i just thought the win probability was as simple as 56/39 = 1.4359

So -143.59 for fav
+143.59 for dog

Adding in whatever juice you charge from there

But I'm sure its not that simple for you math wizards in here :yaho:

This is what I got assuming ties are a push.

The 3way lines would be

-127.27 for fav
+156.41 for dog
+1900 for tie

[uva3021]

waiting for correct answer

[uva3021]

for each day that passes without a right answer, 1 point is deducted from the reward

now trivia question is worth 9 points

[Chris46139]

Originally Posted by uva3021

for each day that passes without a right answer, 1 point is deducted from the reward

now trivia question is worth 9 points

Probably good incentive to get people to come up with the answer

[upinya83]

lol

[Dr. Jack]

Let's hope we don't get in the negative here :)

[rjb1816]

riveting stuff here