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(a) At least how many of these "words" should be printed to be
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(a) At least how many of these "words" should be printed to be
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Question 364934: (1 pt) Consider a list of randomly generated 3-letter "words" printed on a paper. The letters cannot be repeated.
(a) At least how many of these "words" should be printed to be sure of having at least 8 identical "words" on the list?
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(b) At least how many identical "words" are printed if there are 140401 "words" on the list?
Answer = Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152) (Show Source):
(a) no. of minimum words to sure having 8 identical words = 15600*7 +1 =109201
(b) divide 140401 by 15600
we get 140401 = 15600 * 9 + 1
so, at least 10 identical words.
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