Re: Fun Test Problem

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petelomax said...


useless said...


There's not enough info to do this.


Of course there is. Read it properly.


I guess i am incapable of that.

petelomax said...


useless said...


now the supposedly true results? :

51 Case #1: 2 --
cannot be true, could also match several others


So how many of the five words given do you think begin with a or b?


I think two:
40 abc
41 bca
How many do you think? And don't you think the count will go up with the 5000 word dictionary?

[quote petelomax]

useless said...


53 Case #3: 3 -- could match any known, and many unknown words


petelomax said...


And how many begin with a, b, or c?


I'll guess three, but you might want to check my math:
40 abc
41 bca
44 cba
How many do you think? And don't you think the count will go up with the 5000 word dictionary?

petelomax said...


If it isn't possible, how do you explain the solution that has just been posted?


Well, it isn't complete and exhaustive. I didn't run it.

useless

note to Derek that the triple brackets he edited my previous post with are not in the online help sections of the reply pages of euphorum

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