Yes, it is neat how combinatoric problems can be approached from different angles. I'm enjoying it much more than the regular set theory about inclusion/exclusion intersection/union, proofs etc. Somehow combinatorics makes me feel like I'm doing math back in grade school again (back when I was...
Thank you, Sylas. The first answer is looking more and more correct to me.
I'm still not quite clear on why the second answer is no good...
It is counted for SD, SC and SH.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. A flush in spades would mean only spades, why the Diamonds, Clubs, and...
Hi was hoping someone out there could help me out with this problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_probability
I have looked over the poker probability wiki page, but I cannot figure out this homework problem:
"What is the probability that the hand dealt contains exactly two...
Homework Statement
Okay so I'm trying to teach myself the first three chapters if Grimaldi before I take a discrete math course in January. I'll probably be posting a few problems.
The question is as follows:
In how many ways can we select n objects from a collection of size 2n that...