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Bascule's Book (Posted on 2002-07-03) Difficulty: 5 of 5
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

  Submitted by Cheradenine    
Rating: 2.7500 (8 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
It is a general consensus among the members of this site that no unique solution can exist without the knoweledge of how thick a book Bascule is likely to be reading.

Some discussion has occured on the topic of wether the book is equally likely to have anywhere from one to infinity pages, or if the book's thickness follows a standard distribution curve.

See comments on this problem for more details.

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  Subject Author Date
Puzzle Thoughts K Sengupta2023-07-15 23:40:13
Benford's lawFrankM2008-01-06 22:30:40
numerical solution - 3Cory Taylor2003-02-12 10:35:03
numerical solution - 2Cory Taylor2003-02-12 10:24:26
numerical solutionCory Taylor2003-02-12 10:19:22
re(2): Starting digitCheradenine2003-02-04 06:45:33
re: Starting digitCharlie2003-02-03 09:26:06
Starting digitWarren Yamaguchi2003-01-25 22:47:56
SolutionBascules bookterry2002-12-20 05:21:04
Solutionbascules bookterry2002-12-20 04:59:26
Solutionbasculeterry2002-12-20 02:24:40
clarify your question plsJames2002-10-27 06:43:26
oopsCheradenine2002-07-11 02:00:49
Some Thoughtsre(4): well..Cheradenine2002-07-11 00:39:43
Bumped to 5levik2002-07-10 10:13:42
re: well..levik2002-07-10 09:58:04
re(3): well..friedlinguini2002-07-10 09:18:55
Some Thoughtsre(2): well..Cheradenine2002-07-10 06:25:05
Some Thoughtsre: well..friedlinguini2002-07-10 05:11:44
re: well..TomM2002-07-10 03:05:15
well..Cheradenine2002-07-10 02:07:50
re(2): Cheradenine: Solution?levik2002-07-09 17:36:22
re: Cheradenine: Solution?friedlinguini2002-07-09 09:11:21
QuestionCheradenine: Solution?levik2002-07-09 08:18:30
Some Thoughtsmaybe..Cheradenine2002-07-09 01:57:30
Some Thoughtsre(3): SolutionCheradenine2002-07-07 23:15:44
re(2): SolutionJim Lyon2002-07-05 11:51:35
re: SolutionCheradenine2002-07-03 23:09:08
Still wrongTomM2002-07-03 21:55:37
Bad Coding. in "re(2): First Steps?":TomM2002-07-03 21:35:37
re(4): First Steps?TomM2002-07-03 21:29:08
Some Thoughtsre(2): First Steps?TomM2002-07-03 21:23:10
Some Thoughtsre(3): First Steps?Nick Reed2002-07-03 18:39:22
re(2): First Steps?levik2002-07-03 14:26:32
re: Thoughtslevik2002-07-03 14:16:46
re: First Steps?TomM2002-07-03 14:09:55
Some Thoughtsre: First Steps?friedlinguini2002-07-03 13:07:27
SolutionSolutionJim Lyon2002-07-03 13:03:25
Some ThoughtsFirst Steps?TomM2002-07-03 12:56:52
Some Thoughtsre: Thoughtsfriedlinguini2002-07-03 11:22:07
Some ThoughtsThoughtslevik2002-07-03 11:17:42
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