{"id":193,"date":"2016-08-30T16:41:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=193"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:41:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:11:38","slug":"shanghai-dart-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Shanghai Dart Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a Shanghai dart tournament, Henry asked a referee about the rounds played by Jack and Jill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know exactly how many rounds they played before they left, but they flipped a coin each time to see who would go first, and I know that Jack won the toss four times,\u201d said the referee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks,\u201d said Henry and pulled out a small notebook and a pen from his shoulder bag. \u201cI\u2019ll work it out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>How many rounds did Jack and Jill play?<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-193\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=193&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-193\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=193&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-193\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=193&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-jetpack-whatsapp sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.euni.org\/?p=193&amp;share=jetpack-whatsapp\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on WhatsApp\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a Shanghai dart tournament, Henry asked a referee about the rounds played by Jack and Jill. \u201cI don\u2019t know exactly how many rounds they played before they left, but they flipped a coin each time to see who would go first, and I know that Jack won the toss four times,\u201d said the referee. 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