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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.

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| Comment 15 of 17 |

The required probability that the cord was knotted is 0.25.

Posted by K Sengupta on 2008-10-04 02:07:50

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