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Old 11-28-2007, 07:54 PM
bigpooch bigpooch is offline
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Default Re: An original math problem

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A simple arithmetic error in 3): if you get 30 right
(approximately what you'd expect when the deck evens out 8
times), excluding the fee, the gain is $30-$22 = $8.

The expression you mentioned in 3) does simplify (refer to
an earlier post by thylacine in SMP).

Similarly, for 4)

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