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Even sum of four primes chosen from the first sixteen

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Choose 44 different numbers at random from the first 1616 prime numbers. What is the probability that their sum is even?

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34\tfrac34. Every prime except 22 is odd. Four odd primes sum to an even number, while including 22 gives three odd numbers plus 22, which is odd. So the sum is even exactly when 22 is left out: (154)/(164)=1216=34\binom{15}{4}/\binom{16}{4}=\tfrac{12}{16}=\tfrac34.

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