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#26 2013-04-27 19:44:35
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
For k colors with n marbles each, I find it to be:
May require some modification when number of marbles are different.
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#27 2013-04-27 21:03:43
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi gAr;
That is a nice one, it will come in handy.
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#28 2013-04-27 22:04:07
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi,
Got a recursion to work!
Here's a sage code:
A = 10
B = 10
C = 10
D = 10
def f(a,b,c,d):
if (A-a == 2 or B-b == 2 or C-c == 2 or D-d == 2):
return (A+B+C+D-(a+b+c+d))
return a/Integer(a+b+c+d)*f(a-1,b,c,d) + b/Integer(a+b+c+d)*f(a,b-1,c,d) + c/Integer(a+b+c+d)*f(a,b,c-1,d) + d/Integer(a+b+c+d)*f(a,b,c,d-1)
print f(A,B,C,D)It returns : 30008/9139
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#29 2013-04-27 22:09:23
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi gAr;
Yeparoo! Very good!
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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#30 2013-04-27 22:15:09
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Yeah, that looks much neater than the formula!
I think this will help in many problems involving probability..
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#31 2013-04-27 22:16:56
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi;
Have you tried the formula in post#26 on this problem?
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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#32 2013-04-27 22:20:40
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Yes, and we must multiply that by 2, I forgot to include that.
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#33 2013-04-27 22:23:32
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
I am not getting the correct answer then, when I multiply by 2 I get:
I am using n = 10 and k = 4.
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#34 2013-04-27 22:31:56
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Perhaps I made a mistake when translating my program to the formula? Or you took out n from the sum ?
Here's the code I used:
def ans(n,k):
summ = 0
for i in range(1,k+1):
pr = 1
for j in range(1,i):
pr *= (k-j)*n/Integer(4*n-j)
summ += (i)*(i+1)/2 * pr * (n-1)/Integer(4*n-i)
return 2*summans(10,4) returns 30008/9139
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#35 2013-04-27 22:37:47
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi;
Why the Integer() command?
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#36 2013-04-27 22:40:39
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
It causes problem like flooring if it's not written..
In python, we need to convert it to float.
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#37 2013-04-27 22:44:31
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi;
There is a typo in the formula. In post #26 there is (k-i), in post #34, (k-j).
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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#38 2013-04-27 22:46:37
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Oop answer was wrong
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#39 2013-04-27 22:52:45
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi bobbym,
Ah yes, sorry!
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#40 2013-04-27 23:00:16
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
No problem! Thank you for the formula.
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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#41 2013-04-27 23:06:38
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
You're welcome!
I think we can't write a formula like that when the number of marbles are different for different colors, since it involves permutation?
Anyway, I'll stop here, spent almost a day on this one!
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#42 2013-04-27 23:09:58
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi;
I will play with it a little in a bit. Right now there is a little bit of an administrative matter to watch for.
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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#43 2013-04-27 23:19:00
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Okay..
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#44 2013-04-27 23:23:47
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi;
Looks like the worst is over. Now about that formula...
If we hold k = 4 and vary n then we come up with this:
for n = 2, 3, 4, ...
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
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#45 2013-04-27 23:42:48
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
That's a good one!
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#46 2013-04-27 23:44:54
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Oh yes and quite useless unless you have exactly 4 colors.
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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#47 2013-04-27 23:56:48
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Anyway, we can easily extend the recursion if not the formula for any number of variables and experiment with the terms.
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#48 2013-04-28 00:03:25
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
There are a lot of possibilities here.
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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#49 2013-04-28 00:05:37
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Yes.
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"Data! Data! Data!" he cried impatiently. "I can't make bricks without clay."
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#50 2013-04-28 00:30:18
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Re: Marbles without replacement (probability)
Hi;
I am going to get a little sleep. See you later.
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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