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1.Theproductoftherepeatingdecimals0.333…and0.666…istherepeating

decimal0.NNN….WhatisthedigitN?

Answer:2

Solution:

0.333...=1/3,0.666...=2/3,(1/3)(2/3)=2/9=0.222…

2.AttheCollegeofHardKnocks,99%ofthe100studentsaregirls,butonly98%of

thestudentslivingoncampusaregirls.Ifsomegirlsliveoncampus,howmany

studentsliveoffcampus?

Answer:50

Solution:

100students:99girlsand1boy.Sinceonly98%ofthestudentslivingoncampusare

girls,theonlyboyhastoliveoncampus,togetherwith49girls.Sointotal50

studentsliveoncampus,and50studentsliveoffcampus.

3.Alicewasdoodlingrandomlyonatic-tac-toeboard.Whatistheprobabilitythat

thefirstthreeboxesinwhichdoodledcorrespondedtoawinningpath?

Note:Tic-tac-toeisapaper-and-pencilgamefortwoplayers,XandO,whotaketurns

markingthespacesina3×3grid.Theplayerwhosucceedsinplacingthreeoftheir

marksinahorizontal,vertical,ordiagonalrowisthewinner.Inthisquestion,the

tic-tac-toeboardisthe3×3gridbelow.

1

Answer:2/21

Solution:

MethodI:

IfAlice’sfirstdoodlingisoneofthefourcorners,thentheprobabilityis(6/8)*(1/7)=

3/28.

IfAlice’sfirstdoodlingisthemiddlegridononeofthefoursides,thenthe

probabilityis(4/8)*(1/7)=1/14.

IfAlice’sfirstdoodlingisthecentergrid,thentheprobabilityis(8/8)*(1/7)=1/7.

Sotheansweris((3/28)*4+(1/14)*4+(1/7))*(1/9)=2/21.

MethodII:

Winningdoodles:3rows,3columns,and2diagonals,so8intotal.

Thenumberofallpossibledoodles:C(9,3)

Theprobability=8/C(9,3)=2/21

Note: