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  • blamocur
    I did not watch the video, but your first definition does not make sense to me. I'd stick with the second one, which matches the one in...
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    I'm an engineer. I know this is for kid's homework, but I feel silly posting this to a technical forum. It's essentially an algebra...
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    This question might be more about elementary number theory than Markov Chains. A definition of the period of a state in a Markov Chain...
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  • blamocur
    blamocur replied to the thread Lottery.
    After spending some time, I think I have a useful hint: subsets without consecutive numbers correspond to (unrestricted) subsets of the...
  • Dr.Peterson
    Dr.Peterson replied to the thread Lottery.
    Presumably you are asking only about part (a) so far, right? How much have you learned about combinatorics? I think "stars and bars"...
  • blamocur
    blamocur replied to the thread Lottery.
    I don't get this question. Looks correct to me. Now, can you figure out a formula for the general case of arbitrary r and n? Without...
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    nasi112 replied to the thread Lottery.
    Thanks blamocur. I understood the main sentence. Does this mean there are unlimited sets? One set n = 5 {1,2,3,4,5} one choice r = 3...
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    nasi112 reacted to blamocur's post in the thread Lottery with Like Like.
    For example: you pick 15 numbers between 1 and 100, and the lottery picks 15 numbers from the same range. Here r=15 and n=100. Does this...
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    Ian robert replied to the thread Sample size?.
    Hi, The only information I have is in the question and that it is a regression problem,which is what I have been studying and is what...
  • blamocur
    My equation yields 0.2542, 0.2549, 0.3164. I.e. if one mixes 0.2542 lb of Fish Protein with 0.2549 lb of Potassium Sulfate and 0.3164...
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    You can treat this as a weighted-average problem, since the N-P-K numbers are just percent by weight. Let x, y, z be the fractions of...
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    khansaheb reacted to blamocur's post in the thread Lottery with Like Like.
    For example: you pick 15 numbers between 1 and 100, and the lottery picks 15 numbers from the same range. Here r=15 and n=100. Does this...
  • K
    It would be nice if the authors had included examples, wouldn't it? They need to be given some teaching tips of their own! But when I...
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    khansaheb reacted to blamocur's post in the thread Reading Comprehension - Charts' Tips with Like Like.
    This page seems the most relevant to me.
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    khansaheb replied to the thread Sample size?.
    Did you read the relevant chapters in the book? Generally, the sample size depends on the "assumed" nature of the distribution. What are...
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