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Thursday, February 17, 2011
Ring Around the Marbles
A boy has four red marbles and eight blue marbles. He arranges his twelve marbles randomly, in a ring. What is the probability that no two red marbles are adjacent?
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I'll give you a hint, since no one's answered: It's close to 1/2.
ReplyDeleteno chance... ring has no side at all
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