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A contest with 31 people |
2013-09-06 |
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Kevin pose la question :
There is a contest with 31 people and only one winner each week.
We play for 17 weeks.
What are the odds of winning at least one week?
The chances of winning each week are independent from previous weeks.
Robert Dawson lui répond. |
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The odds of winning a contest |
2007-07-29 |
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Kevin pose la question :
I have been asked by a customer in Missisauga to track down some odds of
winning a contest. In this contest, the last 4 digits of the winner's
driver's license number have to match the last 4 digits of a Harley VIN
number. There are 200 people maximum allowed into the drawing, 10,000 total
possible VIN combos. Would the odds be 1:50 or something other than that?
Harley Weston lui répond. |
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BEDMAS? |
2006-11-29 |
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john pose la question :
I won a contest and they have a confusing format for the STQ. here it is:
11 (+) 44 (x) 2 (-) 10 (%) 25
I've never seen brackets around the operands and wondering how to treat it. I fear they want me to answer the question left to right as the answer is 4 if I use BEDMAS I get 98.6 (which clearly sounds wrong for what they want)
any thoughts?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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16X27+32÷4-26 |
2006-08-20 |
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Amanda pose la question :
The question was 16X27+32÷4-26.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond. |
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Eligibility in a contest |
2000-03-14 |
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Ken Rabley pose la question :
Hi, hoping you can help. Dispute among co-workers. Tell me, what is the correct answer to the following question: -1936 + (2406/4812) x (4756 - 3256) + 1250 Seems this is the question for eligibility in a contest...We have come up with various solutions, all which may be correct.
Penny Nom lui répond. |
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Two contest problems |
1999-04-14 |
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Bruce Baldwin pose la question :
We have students that are preparing for the Pythagoras Contest which is a nation wide Grade 6 math challenge. In the preparatory tests we have run into several questions that we can not understand. Is there anyone who can help us? - If 1 * 9 = 0, 9 * 8 = 72, 2 * 8 = 9, then 9 * 9 = ?
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Judi McDonald and Walter Whiteley lui répond. |
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