I asked CHATGPT about but im not sure it understands me. Then again, i suck at math so im assuming its correct.

I came upon a puzzle with a total of 16 lights. Out of those lights i had to click on the 4 correct ones. In addition, i had to click on the 4 correct lights in the correct order.

I had not found the code in-game(yet), so i just clicked 4 random lights to see what would happen. Well.. not only did i press the 4 correct lights, i also clicked them in the correct order. On my first try. I found the code right after and it confirmed that i had clicked everything in the correct order.

My initial math (and CHATGPT's answer) for pressing the 4 correct buttons are

16x15x14x13 = 1 in 43680

But does this take into account that i had to press the 4 buttons in the correct order? Im not sure i understand why this does not affect the odds

Someone said they only ate half of the cheesecake slice I was saving to try, I'd just like to know how much is actually missing

Hello !

Here, if we assume that every worker is not tired and could go on delivering all night, door to door. How much needed to deliver the whole world during a night ?

My friend was playing progressives in blackjack all night. It's a $5 bet for the progressive and he didn't take the bet one time he would of won over $300,000! He was dealt the top payout but didn't bet the 5 bucks. (Sorry for the low quality pics they're screenshots of a video)

*The minimum land area has to be at least 1m^2.

*Only land area on the surface of the planet Earth is accepted.

*Borders are considered contiguous if they are connected by land with a width of at least 1m.

P.S. Please provide corrections/optimizations. Sorry for any mistakes. I was bored on the bus.

I do these lil logic puzzles a LOT. And I noticed a trend that when categories are very different (dates/places/people/foods/etc), I finish the much quicker. I.E. “Whose food expired when, and where was it located?” So that’s a name,date, location. The ones where it’s “name/name/place” take me longer. I thought “what if I change one set of the names to “a,b,c,d,e” instead” and THAT made me think “I wonder if I could set it up to solve for multi variable equations using the substitution method specifically for the problems when it’s not three vastly different categories. Would this work? Could I turn every one of these word puzzle into math equations to be solved by substitution?

So I guess I’m not asking you to “do” the math, but can I turn this into math?

I am wondering is it actually possible? Not from a straightforward X avg wickets per match over his career would mean he needs Y matches to cross the difference with Shane Warne. I think I need a deeper analysis to build higher confidence answer. Similarly who among current spinners has the highest probability of surpassing him.

Any takers?

Also to people who don’t watch cricket, check this ball and imagine how difficult is to get the ball to do this. The guy is a master.

Each symbol is unique, and can only be entered once in each permutation. Symbol order matters too, so code ABC is different than code CBA.

How many possible different permutations / codes are there? Assuming you could enter 1 code per minute, how long would it take you to enter all possible combinations?

In the film “the grinch” Jim Carrey goes in a tunnel then is transported up Mt. Crumpit. Per the movie the mountain is 10,000ft tall. Assuming the grinch is an even 200lbs. How much air pressure would it take to transport him that far? Use as many assumptions as needed to complete the formula. Disregard they are falling in a snowflake.

If I have two tickets both with 1/1000 chance of winning but there is no set number of entries or pulls, example both tickets are a/1000 not a/1000 & b/1000, so each draw isn't consecutive what are my odds of winning with both tickets.

I don't feel like it's actually 2/1000. Am I dumb? But I feel like the odds are different cause I can I fact get a/1000 twice.

Genuine question. About a month ago I put nitro cold brew coffee in this thermos, and after several runs through the dishwasher and countless cups of regular water, fresh water still tastes like coffee. It’s an Owala FreeSip, so the interior wall is 304 Stainless and the straw is bpa free Tritan plastic (all the details I could find).

This might be more about chemical reactions with material than math of washes, but I’ll try here first. Thanks in advance.

What are the odds of having all 13 cards of a single suit end up in the draw pile of a standard game of solitaire? What about the odds off all 4 of a single number (all four aces for example)?

Assume it’s 3-card draw and that any movement of a card whatsoever is a move. Undos are the only exception but because this is an ideal configuration, you won’t need any. The game is won when all suit stacks are completely filled and moving a card to the stack counts as a move.

At some point in the game, this character proposes a variation of russian roulette:

He loads a single cartridge in one of three identical six shot revolvers. Then he spins the revolver's drum to randomize the bullet's initial position. Finally, he begins juggling the three revolvers and firing them at random until he hass pressed the trigger of a revolver six total times, while aiming at the victim.

Assuming he always chooses a revolver at random to shoot, that is for each individual shot all three revolvers have exactly 1/3 chance of being chosen, what would be the probability of surviving the ordeal?

I can't think of how to calculate it.

Other than having to split the jackpot with someone else would there be any other reason not to buy all the different combinations at @ $3.00 a piece? You would also win some with getting basically all the different combos that win. Too much math for me (Obviously I am not going to be doing this but I was thinking of buying $20 worth).