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Using Cards as Dice (Posted on 2004-08-09)

A deck of nine cards can be numbered, so that the sum of the numbers on a randomly chosen pair of cards totals to an integer from 2 to 12 with the same frequency as rolling two standard dice. What are the numbers on the nine cards?

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WITH OR WITHOUT

| Comment 4 of 9 |

The wording does not specify:

a choice with or without replacement ???

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2004-08-09 11:46:20

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