18 May
2006
18 May
'06
11:32 a.m.
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 12:10:03 -0700 From: Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com>
My reasoning is as follows: [... Henry reasons ...] ~ 1.0074330792356688E-8, according to Maxima
Yes, I agree. (In my previous answer I made a fencepost error looking at the next entry in a table.) You did your calculation from first principles; I did mine by recognizing the distribution. Since it seems I do statistics for a living nowadays, that's the quicker route to an answer. BTW, I wrote up the problem and my proposed answers here: http://alum.mit.edu/www/sgr/california-math-exit-exam.html Feel free to correct any mistakes! -- Steve Rowley <sgr@alum.mit.edu> http://alum.mit.edu/www/sgr/ Skype: sgr000