Bascule is reading a book. What is the probability that the first digit of the page he is on is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5?

a) obtain an expression
b) approximate a numerical value

(In reply to well.. by Cheradenine)

I'm not sure that levik deliberately meant to single you out when he lamented the growing number of unsolved puzzles. I think he was just hoping that this was one where you had a complete answer and just had not gotten around to submitting it. (Likewise, the advice below is not targeted specifically at you; it's just a convenient place to post it.)

If you do submit an answer at the same time as the problem, levik will hold off including it for several days, anyway, so the only difference between submitting it immediately and waiting, is that levik gets a chance to "play," too. (If you do leave off the solution so that levik can play, you should probably submit it within a few days. If the solution is relatively straightforward, there will probably be a correct solution in the comments long before that.)

Posted by TomM on 2002-07-10 03:05:15