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Which fortune teller would you go to?

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There is a village that has five fortune tellers.

The first fortune teller's prediction has 84 % chance of being correct. The second has 65 % chance of being correct, the third 44 %, the fourth 34 %, and the fifth 7 %.

If you were trying to get the best prediction of your future, which fortune teller would you go to?

posted Jul 10, 2014 by Yogeshwar Thakur

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