Here’s the solution to yesterday’s question.
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Note: Refer back to yesterdays post if you need a refresher on the question and the Jeopardy game essentials
See Jeopardy Math: What’s the most money that a contestant can win on one show?
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OK, let’s get started with the Jeopardy round’s gameboard:
For starters, assume that our contestant first-buzzes and correctly answers all of the gameboard’s questions.
Each category has questions totaling $3,000 … and there are 6 categories … so the gameboard has an “displayed total value” of $18,000.
That’s not the most that a contestant can win in that round because it doesn’t consider the impact of the hidden Daily Double square.
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