1. Caps and Robbers: What Can You Expect?
- Author
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Zager, Laura A. and Verghese, George C.
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MATHEMATICS , *PROBLEM solving , *PROBABILITY theory , *MATHEMATICAL combinations , *PERMUTATIONS , *CAPS (Headgear) , *MATHEMATICAL variables , *MATHEMATICAL statistics , *MULTIVARIATE analysis - Abstract
The article focuses on the solution to matching hats problem using mathematical probability. It is stated that the solution is a good practice with indicator random variables, which takes the value of one when an event has occurred. The said indicator random variables have a special property in which their expected value is simply the probability of the event that occurs. Moreover, the mathematical solution in finding the probability of the given cap that has been matched with its owner is further discussed.
- Published
- 2007
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