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Knot or Not? (Posted on 2005-08-04)

I was walking along the road one day when I spied a cord of some sort lying in my path. From my vantage point, as I was approaching the cord, I could not tell if it was knotted or not.

What is the probability that the cord was knotted?

See The Solution Submitted by Erik O.

Rating: 2.3333 (3 votes)

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re(2): As I figure it

| Comment 4 of 17 |

(In reply to re: As I figure it by Paul)

We "know" that the answer is 2/8, but do we really know what it means for the cord to be knotted? Anybody care to try to give a definition?

Edited on August 4, 2005, 6:11 am

Posted by Richard on 2005-08-04 05:28:39

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