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Can you solve the frog riddle? - Derek Abbott

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You’re stranded in a rainforest, and you’ve eaten a poisonous mushroom. To save your life, you need an antidote excreted by a certain species of frog. Unfortunately, only the female frog produces the antidote. The male and female look identical, but the male frog has a distinctive croak. Derek Abbott shows how to use conditional probability to make sure you lick the right frog and get out alive.

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Derek Abbott
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Director Outis
  • Narrator Addison Anderson

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