Size of a partial deck from three remainders
Question
Some cards have been taken out of a standard -card deck. The number left has remainder when divided by , remainder when divided by , and remainder when divided by . How many cards remain?
Short answer
. The last two conditions mean the count is more than a multiple of : (below ). Only leaves remainder on division by .
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- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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