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Chessboard (Posted on 2004-01-14)

Three different squares are chosen randomly on a chessboard.

What is the probability that they lie in the same diagonal?

No Solution Yet Submitted by Ravi Raja

Rating: 3.5000 (8 votes)

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sorry charlie

| Comment 19 of 21 |

I was wrong. I stand corrected.
... probability of simple adages planted in your brain by teachers being accurate : apparently minimal....

Posted by mike on 2004-02-08 12:48:14

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