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Have to add ordinates. Only 2U method to do this - auxiliary is 3U.
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Have to add ordinates. Only 2U method to do this - auxiliary is 3U.
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isn't this x=0?
 

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Yep. It's instructive because of the indeterminate form. Besides that it's just knowledge of index laws.
 

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A magician holds one six-sided die in his left hand and two in his right. What is the probability the number on the dice in his left hand is greater than the sum of the dice in his right?
 

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Cases is the way to go.
 

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Cases is the way to go.
Lol basically what I was thinking... cause the cases are so few.

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If you think about it, it's already quite restricting that the die in his left hand has to be at least 3
 

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the inflexion point does not make sense
check the working out, its from a past paper. someone confirm it please or am i just coo coo


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nevermind i did something wrong in my working out


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lelel I tried this again and it was actually pretty easy

that being said this is only really a 2U question if you originally ask to find the derivative of x^(2x)

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4/33?
 
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lelel I tried this again and it was actually pretty easy

that being said this is only really a 2U question if you originally ask to find the derivative of x^(2x)



4/33?
I don't think it's 4/33.
 

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I don't think it's that either.
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There are 11 possible sums for the right hand, and six possible numbers for left hand therefore 66 outcomes possible

0 successful outcomes if you get 1 in the left hand
0 successful outcome if you get 2 in the left hand
1 successful outcomes if you get 3 in the left hand
2 successful outcomes if you get 4 in the left hand
3 successful outcomes if you get 5 in the left hand
4 successful outcomes if you get 6 in the left hand

1+2+3+4=10

10/66 = 5/33

what am i doing wrong lol

edit: jokes i see it now
this is what happens when i dont use a probability tree lel
 
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rip

There are 11 possible sums for the right hand, and six possible numbers for left hand therefore 66 outcomes possible

0 successful outcomes if you get 1 in the left hand
0 successful outcome if you get 2 in the left hand
1 successful outcomes if you get 3 in the left hand
2 successful outcomes if you get 4 in the left hand
3 successful outcomes if you get 5 in the left hand
4 successful outcomes if you get 6 in the left hand

1+2+3+4=10

10/66 = 5/33

what am i doing wrong lol

edit: jokes i see it now
this is what happens when i dont use a probability tree lel
Yeah, with the 11 different sums, some of them can happen in more ways than others. So in actuality, there are 36 possibilities for the hand with two dice (Die 1 has 6 possibilities, and Die 2 has 6 possibilities).
 
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