Hi, I have a simple probability problem that I need help with. <BR><BR>I have two groups of marbles, blue and red, 4 each, for a total of 8. I am trying to figure out what the probability is of ...

The Math and Knife event, held on Oct. 22 from 7 p.m to 8:30 p.m in the Memorial Union's Washburn A/B room, brought about 40 ...

In professional baseball’s World Series, the championship is decided in a best-of-seven format. The first team to win four games gets the pennant. Curiously, series that go on for the full seven games ...

One approach to the waiting-time problem is through the integral equation, whose solution is the cumulative probability function-the method derived by Lindley. The equation is of the type for which a ...

We consider a one-dimensional simple random walk surviving among a field of static soft obstacles: each time it meets an obstacle the walk is killed with probability 1 − e−β, where β is a positive and ...