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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 01:52 PM Original message |
Any math smarties out there? Anyone up for a problem re: lottery numbers? |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sure, here's an explanation (but not the answer :) ) |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Are you a math teacher? That was a really good explanation. |
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Chemisse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 08:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. There is a 'new math' again? |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. No, but I tutor math. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Six, or maybe twenty-seven. |
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Ptah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. 720 |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. 720 but what concerns me |
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Dr. Strange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Yeah, I can see several different interpretations here. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Ooh, that's a good one! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. "Sloppily worded problems" Is Actually Good Training for Life |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. There's Nothing to Prevent The First Digit from Being Zero |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Well, it does say right up front that it's a lottery |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thanks everyone, for your help! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. The Question Is Sort of Incomplete |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 08:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yep - the question is entirely incomplete. Impossible to answer as it stands. |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 09:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Which Begs The Question |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-24-09 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Think about it - those are the digits we use in numbering. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-25-09 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
18. The number of possible permutations of size k taken from n objects is |
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