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#1 2011-12-22 05:47:30
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Cards probability!!!
here's a problem given to me by a professor of mine:
If two players are playing a game in which they draw one card each from two separate decks (shuffled) then what's the probability that they will draw at least one same card? 
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#2 2011-12-22 06:53:04
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Re: Cards probability!!!
Same type, ace, ten? Or exactly ace of hearts etc.
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#3 2011-12-22 06:54:45
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Re: Cards probability!!!
hi bobbym
exactly the same card.they have two standard decks without the jokers.
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#4 2011-12-22 06:55:55
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Re: Cards probability!!!
Okay, thanks for that informatiuon. I am working on it.
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Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#5 2011-12-22 07:29:31
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Re: Cards probability!!!
how's it coming on bobbym?
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#6 2011-12-22 07:31:26
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It is a standard problem, your professor is not very imaginative. Unfortunately I threw my solution away so please hold.
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Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#7 2011-12-22 07:32:14
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Re: Cards probability!!!
Do you mean on the first draw or do they work their way all through the decks?
#8 2011-12-22 07:32:55
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Re: Cards probability!!!
hi bobbym
he didn't make it up.i think this problem was on a high school competition.
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#9 2011-12-22 07:41:43
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Re: Cards probability!!!
hi TMorgan
i mean through the decks.so if at any moment they draw the same card then it is a wanted event.
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#10 2011-12-22 07:56:16
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Hi;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#11 2011-12-22 07:57:58
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Re: Cards probability!!!
how did you get that?
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#12 2011-12-22 07:58:31
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Is it right?
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#13 2011-12-22 08:03:04
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Re: Cards probability!!!
i think it is,but i am not sure.how did you get it?
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#14 2011-12-22 08:11:45
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It is a standard derangement problem. Solved long ago. The probability of no fixed points in a permutation of {1,2,3,4,...n} approaches 1/ e.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.
#15 2011-12-22 08:14:30
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Re: Cards probability!!!
well how do you get the first probability,the 1-1/e one?
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#16 2011-12-22 09:53:24
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Re: Cards probability!!!
That is not important because that is only an approximate answer. That is why I asked if you knew.
The exact answer I believe is:
The dn operator stands for the number of derangements.
The question was posed by Montmort in 1781 and answered by him and Bernoulli.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
Probability is the most important concept in modern science, especially as nobody has the slightest notion what it means.
90% of mathematicians do not understand 90% of currently published mathematics.