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#1526 2021-01-14 00:02:14
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850. P and Q roll a pair of dice one after the other. If P throws 5 before Q throws 6, P wins but if Q throws 6 before P throws 5, Q wins. If P throws first, find their respective chances of winning.
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#1527 2021-01-14 04:07:41
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#1528 2021-01-14 14:10:04
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851. A letter is selected at random from 'Malignant' and another is selected from 'Negligent'. Find the probability of having the same letters.
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#1529 2021-01-15 05:05:21
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hi, I'd like to try
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#1530 2021-01-15 05:35:13
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As to 850, I know where I made a false assumption that rolls alternated regardless of who won. Under that assumption P(P) and P(Q) were indeed 4/9 and 5/9 respectively. However if P always rolls first after a win we see:
I think
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#1531 2021-01-15 13:35:22
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Hi zainyusufazam and irspow,
Neat work!
852. Find the probability of all the Ss coming together in the word 'ASSISTANCE'.
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#1532 2021-01-16 21:28:16
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#1533 2021-01-16 23:29:55
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853. From a pack of 52 cards, two cards are drawn one by one without replacement. Find the probability of both being Jacks.
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#1534 2021-01-17 05:38:56
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#1535 2021-01-17 14:33:18
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854. Find the sum of all the factors of 36000 which are multiples of 10.
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#1536 2021-01-19 04:14:43
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Stumped 
I could brute strength it, but I know there is an elegant solution that I am missing as 2^5(3^2)5^3 has something around 45 factors of ten. Can I cheat and take ALL factors as literal including negatives? Then the sum would equal zero?
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#1537 2021-01-19 14:35:16
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855. Find the remainder when
is divided by 5.It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#1538 2021-01-20 05:28:14
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#1539 2021-01-20 14:55:10
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Neat work!
856. Find the number of factors in the expression
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#1540 2021-01-20 20:37:37
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#1541 2021-01-20 22:45:32
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857. Find the smallest number with which 1360800 must be multiplied or divided to make it a perfect square.
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#1542 2021-01-21 04:07:08
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#1543 2021-01-21 15:03:56
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Splendid!
858. Given
how many zeroes are there at the end of y?It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
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#1544 2021-01-22 09:16:26
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#1545 2021-01-22 13:45:32
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Excellent!
859.
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#1546 2021-01-23 09:49:35
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#1547 2021-01-23 13:19:23
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Excellent!
860. What least number must be added to 5361, to make it exactly divisible by 34?
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#1548 2021-01-24 08:17:54
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#1549 2021-01-24 12:37:21
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#1550 2021-01-24 13:36:41
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Hi irspow and 666 bro,
Neat work!
861. By what number is divisible by
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