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Squares Probability (Posted on 2003-06-19) Difficulty: 4 of 5
Suppose you had number cards in a deck, such that you had 2 2s, 3 3s, 7 7s, and 8 8s. (and no other cards in that deck)

If you were to shuffle the deck (consider the cards to be random after shuffling) and take off the first 4 cards, (such that the first card is thousands place, the second card is the hundreds place, so on), what is the probability that this number will be a perfect square?? Also, how would you find this probability without "trial and error" or "brute force"?

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Some Thoughts Puzzle Thoughts Comment 13 of 13 |
There is no 1,4,5,6,9 in the one's place.
Accordingly,  the required probability is 0.

Edited on November 30, 2023, 12:50 am
  Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-08-04 09:50:44

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