Even sum of four primes chosen from the first sixteen
Question
Choose different numbers at random from the first prime numbers. What is the probability that their sum is even?
Short answer
. Every prime except is odd. Four odd primes sum to an even number, while including gives three odd numbers plus , which is odd. So the sum is even exactly when is left out: .
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- Sample Spaces, Events, and the Probability Axioms
- Counting and Combinatorics
- Conditional Probability, Total Probability, and Bayes' Rule
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