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#1 2014-04-03 23:03:10

gAr
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Probability-1


A pack of forty cards numbered 1-10 and four suits are well shuffled and placed face up on the floor.
After placing the cards sequentially, the positions are numbered like this
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
A card numbered 1 must not occupy a position numbered 1, and same restriction for cards 2-7. Cards 8-10 are free to be placed anywhere.
What's the probability of such an arrangement?

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#2 2014-04-04 05:06:07

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Re: Probability-1

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#3 2014-04-04 05:50:48

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Re: Probability-1

Hi,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#4 2014-04-04 15:07:36

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Re: Probability-1

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#5 2014-04-04 17:07:00

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Re: Probability-1

Hi,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#6 2014-04-05 00:48:04

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Re: Probability-1

Hi gAr

Shouldn't the positions be numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,0,1,2,…?


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#7 2014-04-05 00:59:18

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Re: Probability-1

Mmm, yes. I wanted to tell 1+ (pos# mod 7), I overlooked it.


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

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#8 2014-04-05 01:01:22

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Re: Probability-1

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#9 2014-04-05 01:03:23

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gAr wrote:

Mmm, yes. I wanted to tell 1+ (pos# mod 7), I overlooked it.

Ah, okay then. I wasn't sure which definition to hold true. Thanks for the clarification.


“Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.
“Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment
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#10 2014-04-05 01:10:36

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Re: Probability-1

Hi bobbym,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#11 2014-04-05 01:15:32

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Re: Probability-1

Hi gAr;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#12 2014-04-05 01:16:29

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Re: Probability-1

Ah, okay then. I wasn't sure which definition to hold true. Thanks for the clarification.

You're welcome.


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#13 2014-04-05 01:18:28

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Re: Probability-1

Hi bobbym,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#14 2014-04-05 06:11:26

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Re: Probability-1

Hi gAr;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#15 2014-04-05 06:24:30

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Re: Probability-1

Why don't you use a simulation first? I am getting

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#16 2014-04-05 06:29:48

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Re: Probability-1

Hi ShivamS;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#17 2014-04-05 06:49:42

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Re: Probability-1

Close, but still wrong... I think my algorithm is correct, but I probably made a mistake in my code.

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#18 2014-04-05 07:43:32

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Re: Probability-1

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#19 2014-04-05 07:45:18

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Re: Probability-1

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#20 2014-04-05 08:04:46

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Re: Probability-1

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#21 2014-04-05 08:06:11

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Re: Probability-1

Great! Now time to find some algebraic method.

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#22 2014-04-05 15:17:32

gAr
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Re: Probability-1

Hi ShivamS,

Hi bobbym,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#23 2014-04-05 15:51:01

bobbym
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Re: Probability-1

Hi gAr;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#24 2014-04-05 16:02:00

gAr
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Re: Probability-1

Hi bobbym,


"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense"  - Buddha?

"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."

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#25 2014-04-05 16:44:07

bobbym
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Re: Probability-1

Hi;


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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