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Old 10-06-2004, 10:29 PM
Paul2432 Paul2432 is offline
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Default Re: Too Long Since High School Math

There is no formula. The method is to list all possible outcomes and count the ones that give the desired result. Sometimes logical thinking can be used along with combinatorial methods to simplify the counting.

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