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  2. Addition principle - Wikipedia

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    5+0=5 illustrated with collections of dots. In combinatorics, the addition principle [1] [2] or rule of sum [3] [4] is a basic counting principle.Stated simply, it is the intuitive idea that if we have A number of ways of doing something and B number of ways of doing another thing and we can not do both at the same time, then there are + ways to choose one of the actions.

  3. Petals Around the Rose - Wikipedia

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    The solution to a given throw is the total number of petals. For example, in a roll of , the only petals are on the 3 and 5 faces, for a total of six. A way to express this as a formula is to add 2 times the number of dice that land on the 3 face to 4 times the number of dice that lands on the 5 face.

  4. 10 Hard Math Problems That Even the Smartest People in the ...

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    This mystery is all about algebraic real numbers. The definition: A real number is algebraic if it’s the root of some polynomial with integer coefficients. For example, x²-6 is a polynomial ...

  5. Examples of Markov chains - Wikipedia

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    The next state of the board depends on the current state, and the next roll of the dice. It does not depend on how things got to their current state. In a game such as blackjack, a player can gain an advantage by remembering which cards have already been shown (and hence which cards are no longer in the deck), so the next state (or hand) of the ...

  6. Combinatorial principles - Wikipedia

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    The rule of sum is an intuitive principle stating that if there are a possible outcomes for an event (or ways to do something) and b possible outcomes for another event (or ways to do another thing), and the two events cannot both occur (or the two things can't both be done), then there are a + b total possible outcomes for the events (or total possible ways to do one of the things).

  7. Mathematical puzzle - Wikipedia

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    Mathematical puzzles require mathematics to solve them. Logic puzzles are a common type of mathematical puzzle. Conway's Game of Life and fractals, as two examples, may also be considered mathematical puzzles even though the solver interacts with them only at the beginning by providing a set of initial conditions. After these conditions are set ...

  8. Combinatorial explosion - Wikipedia

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    Then 1! = 1, 2! = 2, 3! = 6, and 4! = 24. However, we quickly get to extremely large numbers, even for relatively small n. For example, 100! ≈ 9.332 621 54 × 10 157, a number so large that it cannot be displayed on most calculators, and vastly larger than the estimated number of fundamental particles in the observable universe. [9]

  9. Distributive property - Wikipedia

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    When multiplication is mentioned in elementary mathematics, it usually refers to this kind of multiplication. From the point of view of algebra, the real numbers form a field, which ensures the validity of the distributive law. First example (mental and written multiplication)