Re: Math help (1020 Views)
Posted by:
superfreakicus (IP Logged)
Date: June 07, 2002 04:19PM
I'll add an explanation in case you've got more tri's or super's.
A,B w/ A,B,C w/ A,B,C,D,E
A,B in top spot counts as 2
A,B,C in second counts as 3-1=2
(you subtract the one because one is taken up by the top spot)
A,B,C,D,E in 3rd counts as 5-2=3
(again, you subtract the 2 because 2 horses are now taken by upper spots)
so it becomes 2x2x3=12
this holds for any bet where you use the same horses in different spots --- if you used all different horses in the 3rd spot (for example), it would work out differently (you wouldn't subtract the 2).
that's why the pick 3's are straight multiplication.
ps
thanks for the weather update.