Problem 226. What are the odds?

Solution 224071

Submitted on 27 Mar 2013 by Claudio Gelmi

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Test	Status	Code Input and Output
1	Pass	assert(abs(prob_puzz(1/3)-0.544569326033014)<100*eps)
2	Pass	assert(abs(prob_puzz(1)-0.596573590279973)<100*eps)
3	Pass	assert(abs(prob_puzz(2)-0.637326536083514)<100*eps)
4	Pass	HINT = fzero(@(x)((x.^2-1)log(x+1)+(x.^2-1)log(x-1)-x.^2)./(x.^3-x.^5),2); assert(abs(prob_puzz(HINT)-0.639232271380537)<100*eps)
5	Pass	assert(abs(prob_puzz(10)-0.522975599250673)<100*eps)
6	Pass	assert(abs(prob_puzz(flintmax)-0.5)<100*eps)