Wed 7 Oct, 2009 07:06 pm - Perhaps we're interpreting the question differently, but I disagree. The probability of exactly three of this week's numbers matching three of last week's numbers is 8815/499422... (view)
Fri 2 Oct, 2009 11:28 am - Yes, the differences are consecutive fibonacci numbers.
I was thinking they were powers of 2 or powers of 2 +/- 1 based on whether the number of the term was a power of 2. Since we're... (view)
Tue 17 Mar, 2009 07:53 pm - "show all work" would seem to imply that it is not about plugging in numbers, but about analyzing the function and determining the period, amplitude, phase shift, and offset. (view)
Sat 14 Mar, 2009 12:20 pm - "This works really well if the numbers are evenly distributed. The long form has to be used if the number spacing is not uniform."
Which makes that more special than general... (view)
Wed 11 Mar, 2009 12:41 am - "What is the probability that out of three dice rolled, any of the dice will be either a 1 or 5, excluding three ones or three fives."
Are you playing 10,000 (AKA Farkle or Dix Mille)? (view)
