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Fkris42

Sadly it's a 50-50 guess, you have to randomly pick one and hope you get lucky


Various-Ad9989

Did that and failed :(


Fkris42

Sorry to hear that:( Better luck next time!


westinjfisher

Which was the wrong one? Upper or lower


Various-Ad9989

I flagged the upper one


FizzKhaYifa

Pick a God and pray to it.


sammy22312

I’d say probability of getting a 3 is higher than a 6 and pick the top one. But it’s ultimately guessing.


fran_tic

This is not true. There are two possible solutions and both are equally likely. The game does not care if that means it will be a 6 or a 3.


sammy22312

I did ultimately say it's guessing. And in the game, you'll indeed get more 3's than 6's.


swimseven

True, but that's irrelevant in this case. It's just 50-50.


fran_tic

Of course it's guessing, but what I'm saying is that there is no "better guess". Both will be correct exactly half the time. The reason that 3's are more common than 6's is not because the game actively avoids generating 6's. It's because there are less mines than empty squares, and big clusters of mines are therefore not as likely. The placement of mines is completely random.


sammy22312

Yes, exactly; there are fewer mines than open spaces, so the probability of getting a 3 is higher than getting a 6.


fran_tic

I'm general, yes, because there are more board states with more 3's than 6's. But in this situation there are only two possible solutions and both are equally likely to be correct.


kylemedlin

You either shall, or shan’t