Problem 510. Selecting books on MATLAB for experts and beginners (blindfolded)

• Created by AMITAVA BISWAS
• Appears in 2 groups

×

By solving this problem, you will make progress in the following group(s)

Magic Numbers

• 19 Problems
• 84 Finishers

Number theory

• 44 Problems
• 21 Finishers

Like (1)

Difficulty:

(96)

Rate

• Solve Later   
• Add To GroupÂ

• Imagine you have been blindfolded and asked to pick up any two books randomly from the table.
• There are n books suitable for MATLAB experts and n books suitable for beginners,
• Total 2*n books on the table.
• What is the probability that you will pick up exactly one for experts and one beginners?

Solve

Solution Stats

53.85% Correct | 46.15% Incorrect

• 195 Solutions
• 76 Solvers

Last Solution submitted on Nov 25, 2024

Last 200 Solutions

Solution Comments

ANNOUNCEMENT ×

Registration Now Open for MathWorks AUTOMOTIVE CONFERENCE 2025

Hello Community, We're excited to announce that registration is now open for the...

Problem Recent Solvers76

Suggested Problems

• DC chopper

  174 Solvers

• High school cafeteria

  225 Solvers

• Back to basics 12 - Input Arguments

  607 Solvers

• Getting the indices from a vector

  10556 Solvers

• Create an 'arrow-head" matrix

  135 Solvers

More from this Author100

• collision

  142 Solvers

• Filter AC, pass DC

  349 Solvers

• jogging?

  33 Solvers

• Given an unsigned integer x, find the largest y by rearranging the bits in x

  1864 Solvers

• pressure to dB?

  481 Solvers