Re: 10 envelopes, 10 persons

2001-11-20 Thread Duncan Smith
This should help. http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath430.htm "Stan Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Problem posed me by a student: ten persons (A through J) and ten > envelopes containing cards marked with letters A through J. (Each > let

Re: 10 envelopes, 10 persons

2001-11-19 Thread Glen Barnett
Stan Brown wrote: > > Problem posed me by a student: ten persons (A through J) and ten > envelopes containing cards marked with letters A through J. (Each > letter is in one and only one envelope.) > > The random variable x is the number of people who get the "right" > envelope when the envelope

10 envelopes, 10 persons

2001-11-19 Thread Stan Brown
Problem posed me by a student: ten persons (A through J) and ten envelopes containing cards marked with letters A through J. (Each letter is in one and only one envelope.) The random variable x is the number of people who get the "right" envelope when the envelopes are handed out randomly. Obv