Question

You and your 8 friends decide to draw straws for a prize. There are 8 long straws and 1 short straw. Describe how the theoretical probability of drawing the short straw changes as each friend picks a straw.

Answer 1

To start off with, the probability to draw the short straw is 1/9 and each time someone picks the long straw the denominator (the 9) decreases by one which means that the odds of someone picking it get higher.