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Law of Large Numbers Failed
There are two maternity hospitals in a town with 50 and 500 beds.
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The Illusion of Infinity
So the title may be a bit misleading, but trust me that this is not a blog about math. Please continue to read on without being worried about having to dig up your high school calculus skills. A growing trend that I've n
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Soldiers in a Line
In a line up of 10 soldiers, what is the least number of soldiers that can be picked in order of either ascending or descending heights?
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Buying in Rocket Ships and Selling in Fire Sale
Easy case:. You’re trying to buy equipments whose costs are appreciating.
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Box in Box problem
Airline check-in baggage has size restriction by so-called linear dimension: length + breadth + height should not exceed 62 inches.
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Fibonacci Multiple Puzzle
Prove that for any positive K and a natural number n, every (n*K)th number in the Fibonacci sequence is a multiple of the Kth number in the.
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Maximum Number of Collinear Points
Given n points on a 2D plane, find the equation of the line with maximum number of collinear points. What is the time complexity of your algorithm?
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Mathematics of SET game
The mathematics behind the card game SET - counting combinations and the probability of finding a set on the table.
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Balancing Act Puzzle
There are some weights on the two sides of a balance scale. The mass of each weight is an integer number of grams, but no two weights on the.
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Minimum sum of numbers in an array
Given an array of n positive numbers (n ~ 100000), what is the algorithmic approach to find the minimum possible sum (>=0) by using all the.
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Caterer's Problem
You are organizing a conference, with a festive dinner on the first day.
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Mad Robot Puzzle
A mad robot sets off towards the North East on a journey from the point (0,0) in a coordinate system.