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Nov 18, 2023Liked by Zach Wissner-Gross

It's unclear for me the extra credit problem. Does it refer to

1) the most likely outcome quadruple

2) the most likely sorted outcome, for example (0 hands,1 hands,2 hands,3 hands) can get once (1,2,3,2) and once (2,3,1,2), but we count this as the same and add the probabilities

or else? Thanks

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If I'm following you correctly, it's the latter interpretation. The most likely quadruple is just (1, 3, 3, 1), which isn't that interesting.

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Nov 17, 2023Liked by Zach Wissner-Gross

Thanks for the win!

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Thanks for sticking around post-538! :)

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Also, the links to the puzzles are to Stackexchange.com where there are posted solutions.Beware of spoiler.

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"Making the Rounds" often includes links to solutions, FYI.

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