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mathwizarddud
Jun27-08, 11:53 PM
How many ordered pairs (b,y) of positive integers with 4 \le b \le y \le 2007 are there such that when b blue balls and y yellow balls are randomnly arranged in a row, the probability that the balls on each end have the same colour is 1/2?

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matt grime
Jun28-08, 04:45 AM
This just looks like some conditional probability problem. Is it homework, a challenge for the rest of us, or something else?