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Knot Tying Travail (Posted on 2022-10-16) Difficulty: 3 of 5
• There are 6 strings clustered together.
• One end of each string is at point Y (the top), and the other is at point X (the bottom).
• First, two of the ends at point X are randomly tied together. Then two more are tied together, and then the last two.
• Next, two ends at point Y are randomly tied together. Then, two more are tied together, and then the last two.

Determine the probability that all the strings will be tied together in one large loop.

No Solution Yet Submitted by K Sengupta    
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  Subject Author Date
SolutionSolutionBrian Smith2022-10-16 10:42:55
A virtual tie!Steve Herman2022-10-16 09:53:34
SolutionA knotty problem (spoiler)Steve Herman2022-10-16 08:49:54
Solutionre: Solution? -- I agree it isCharlie2022-10-16 08:49:42
SolutionSolution?Kenny M2022-10-16 08:44:28
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