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The Peanuts (Posted on 2003-02-18)

Although some of the things in this problem aren't true in real life just assume they are in the question.

When growing peanuts the following happens:

for every 2 single chambered peanuts there will be one double chambered peanut

for every 2 double chambered peanuts there will be one triple chambered peanut

for every 2 triple chambered peanuts there will be one quadruple chambered peanut.

When a company packages 1000 peanuts in one bag they take peanuts randomly from a giant bin that contins all the peanuts grown. What are the odds that there will be 1000 individual nuts?

Submitted by Alan

Rating: 3.7500 (4 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

In a series of posts (see comments), Charlie explains why the probability of this is roughly 1 in 55 cases.

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Subject	Author	Date
Solution	K Sengupta	2007-05-07 12:04:10
How about this?	perucho	2003-07-27 13:56:24
re: Slight Correction	Charlie	2003-02-24 09:13:00
Slight Correction	Charlie	2003-02-24 09:08:21
Simulation confirmation of probability	Charlie	2003-02-23 11:31:12
Solution?	levik	2003-02-22 19:40:42
re(3): Ground Rules and First Thoughts	troy	2003-02-20 11:43:56
re(2): Ground Rules and First Thoughts	Charlie	2003-02-19 03:21:09
re: Ground Rules and First Thoughts	Charlie	2003-02-19 03:16:03
re: Ground Rules (Correction)	TomM	2003-02-18 02:20:52
Ground Rules and First Thoughts	TomM	2003-02-18 02:15:21

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