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What is the probability that the fourth business day of the month is Thursday? [duplicate]
This is question 3.16 from the book "Quant Job Interview Questions and Answers" by Mark Joshi et al. The solution given in the book states that for the fourth business day of the month to be ...
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Odds $11$ to $3$ against a month selected randomly containing portions of $6$ different weeks
Here's a problem from my probability textbook:
Show that the odds are eleven to three against a month selected at random containing portions of six different weeks.
Here are some initial thoughts. ...
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How many times in the future after the 1st of January of 2019 will a palindrome date happen?
I'm trying to solve the following problem:
How many times in the future (before the year 10000) will after the 1st
January of 2019 happen a palindrome date. Date is in the dx-my-ymxd
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How many years later the calendar of 2016 can be reused?
How many years later the calendar of 2016 can be reused?
I was asked this question in an exam. I want to explain the term 'reuse' . If we ignore the holidays and our only purpose is to check the date ...
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Solve for numbers to appear on two six-sided dice
I have a small wooden calendar that uses two six-sided dice to display day of month. One die carries numbers 0, 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and the other carries 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The six of course doubles as the ...
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How often will the same date be on the same day of the week?
Is there any pattern in this (e.g. Once per five years)?
Is it a sliding window?
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Weekend birthdays
My birthday this year (2011) is on a Friday. In most years, one's birthday the following year is on the subsequent day of the week, and in that pattern, my birthday next year (2012) it is on a ...
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