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by ynotredrum
May 20th, 2009, 5:26 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: another stick problem
Replies: 6
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another stick problem

Sorry - I mistakenly misread the previous line. Thanks
by ynotredrum
May 20th, 2009, 3:30 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: another stick problem
Replies: 6
Views: 41856

another stick problem

Hi quantyst,How do you get the 2 in: int(2(1-(3/5)/x)dx [3/5,1])?Thanks!
by ynotredrum
May 5th, 2009, 10:26 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: A new dice brainteaser
Replies: 13
Views: 45106

A new dice brainteaser

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: montecristoI dont think so daveangelLet N be the number of throws to get all six numbers. The probleme is about calculating (E(N(N+1)/2)-21) which is greater than ((E(N)²+E(N)/2)-21)MCarreira reminds that E(N)=14.7, so what we are calculating must be greater than 94.395...
by ynotredrum
April 7th, 2009, 5:03 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Mean of number of Trials
Replies: 3
Views: 41839

Mean of number of Trials

let m be the number of average flipsm = (1-p)(1+m) + (1-p)[2p+3p^2+4p^3+...+np^(n-1)+... ]let k = [2p+3p^2+4p^3+...+np^(n-1)]k simplifies to p(2-p)/(1-p)^2which leads us to get m = 1/[p(1-p)]