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The Peanuts (Posted on 2003-02-18) Difficulty: 3 of 5
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?

  • See The Solution Submitted by Alan    
    Rating: 3.7500 (4 votes)

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    Solution? | Comment 6 of 11 |
    Alan, care to submit a solution to this? Or verify that Charlie's is correct, so that I can link it?
      Posted by levik on 2003-02-22 19:40:42
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