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    Probability of a restaurant accomodating everybody

    20% that they don't and 80% that they do?
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    Probability of a restaurant accomodating everybody

    Thanks for the reply! Actually I have no idea what a distribution is... I'm completely new to this stuff. The only thing I'm semi-familiar with is building the trees (like in the case of flipping coins multiple times)
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    What is the probability of selecting a white ball from a box?

    Homework Statement A box has 10 bass, 6 are black and 4 are white. Three balls are removed from the box, color unknown. Find the probability that a fourth ball removed will be white. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I got: \frac{4}{10} * \frac{3}{9} * \frac{2}{8} * \frac{1}{7}...
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    Probability of a restaurant accomodating everybody

    Homework Statement experience shows that 20% of the people reserving tables at a certain restaurant never show up. If the restaurant has 50 tables and takes 52 reservations, what is the probability that it will be able to accommodate everyone? Homework Equations The Attempt at a...
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    Counting 4 Digit Ints with 2s & 3s

    hurah! mucho gracias! Let's go to my new counting post! :p
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    Counting 4 Digit Ints with 2s & 3s

    ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, so I have: 9000 -3584 = 5416 that do not have a 2 or 3 ?
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    Counting 4 Digit Ints with 2s & 3s

    So why would 9990 for example not be valid? It is positive and uses 0 in the one's position. I assumed I could not use 0 but I could use 10, 100, 1000, etc.
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    Counting 4 Digit Ints with 2s & 3s

    I'm not sure... why is it not 9998?
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    How Many Possible Committees Can Be Chosen from a Group of 8 Men and 9 Women?

    Homework Statement A committee of seven is to be chosen from 8 men and 9 women. a) how many possible committees are there? b) how many committees contain at least 6 woment? c) if bob and alice cannot be on the same committee because they cannot work together well, how many committees are...
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    Counting 4 Digit Ints with 2s & 3s

    9998 - 3584 = 6414?
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    Counting 4 Digit Ints with 2s & 3s

    ahhh... 8^{n-1} * 7 ?
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    Counting 4 Digit Ints with 2s & 3s

    Hm, so ... 7 8^(n-1) + 7?