Sunday, July 24, 2011

Solution to A square and an equaliteral triangle

Answer: 12*(4)^(1/3)

Solution to What is the probability that two cards randomly selected

Answer: 12/17
Solution: After choosing a first card, the second needs to be in one of the other
three suits and of a different value. Hence, the answer is 3·12/(52−1) = 12/17 .

Solution to How many positive integers

Answer: 84

Solution: Note that x must be between 250 and 333, inclusive. There are 84 integers
in that interval.