Although some of the things in this problem aren't true in real life just assume they are in the question.

When growing peanuts the following happens:

for every 2 single chambered peanuts there will be one double chambered peanut

for every 2 double chambered peanuts there will be one triple chambered peanut

for every 2 triple chambered peanuts there will be one quadruple chambered peanut.

When a company packages 1000 peanuts in one bag they take peanuts randomly from a giant bin that contins all the peanuts grown. What are the odds that there will be 1000 individual nuts?

(In reply to Ground Rules and First Thoughts by TomM)

Replace the 2308 in the last sentence with 110841719041 (= 577 ^ 4)

Posted by TomM on 2003-02-18 02:20:52