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    Calculate Card Draw Percentages (Aces) - 2/30 to 2/23

    Thanks heaps RUber, I also came to the conclusion of ~51%, 50.98% to be exact. Forgive me as I'm not the best with terminology (or math for that matter), but the 70% figure you propose 'without weights' is there a way to explain that to me? Thanks again this has helped immensely.
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    Calculate Card Draw Percentages (Aces) - 2/30 to 2/23

    Yes it is the probability of having one Ace at the end of the drawing and you also can stop if you get an Ace.
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    Calculate Card Draw Percentages (Aces) - 2/30 to 2/23

    Hey all, I'm trying to figure out the percentage chance to draw a card based on the information below. The deck has 30 cards. 2 of them are Aces and I just need to get 1 of them in my hand. The draw goes like this, I draw 4 cards and if I don't have an ace I can put those 4 cards on the...
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    Balancing Areas of Two Rectangles

    I am a draftsman for a surveying company and the client has asked for the lots to be created of equal size, so i ripped apart the cadastral information and quickly labelled it and took a screenshot. My logic of focusing on just the line is because this scenario happens a lot where the dividing...
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    Balancing Areas of Two Rectangles

    Yea it does make a difference to the current area but if say the shape was just a standard rectangle with the same starting area of 364m² you would still end up moving the line the same distance. I finish decyphering your post and it was so comprehensive and helpful thank you again couldn't...
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    Balancing Areas of Two Rectangles

    Thank you so much mentallic! that's an amazingly detailed reply for such a short time. Your working is sound and the answer is perfect. I figured this out just before you posted and i'll show you my working which is much less complex. I had written down (364-(16.12x)) = (310+(20.12x)) I...
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    Balancing Areas of Two Rectangles

    Homework Statement Hi all hope this is posted in the right area, attached is an image showing what i have to figure out and I'm hoping there's a formula to do this instead of guess and check which I hope to avoid in future. Assuming all angles are 90° unless stated I wish to move the red...
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