Thanks, Inge, this was kinda fun!
40,000 real / 11,881,376 possible (26 ^ 5) = approx. 1 out of 3,000
chance(rounded to nearest MSDs)
http://www.fluther.com/disc/7882/how-many-possible-combinations-of-5-letters
/
However, there really are 8193 common words in English
List on http://www.math.utoronto.ca/jjchew/scrabble/lists/common-5.html
loaded into Excel for a head count. (11 columns X 745 lines - 2 empty)
Therefore,8193 / 11,881,376 is approx. 1 out of 11,000 (rounded to nearest
MSDs)
No calculators were harmed or used, only Google and Excel! I'm really not a
brainiac, just a very good researcher thanks to attending Catholic school
when I was young.
Regards,
Ed Popielarski
17646 Fremont St.
Fountain Valley, Ca. 92708
949-581-6601
Love 'till it hurts,
Live 'till you die,
Ride like you might.
-----Original Message-----
From: Inge [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 11:20 AM
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Subject: NTC: Beginning of the week quiz!
Ed, too easy? hm...this one then on less than one minute (calculator
allowed). If you do that, you are not a scientific but an engineer.
1. How many 5 letter words (letter combinations) can be created with the
English alphabet?
2. The English language has 40,000 words with 5 letters. From the result in
1 above,
what is the probability of creating real word.s?
This is for Ed
Inge
PS. If this is also too easy, I've another funny one.
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http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_number_comes_next_in_the_sequence_1_2_6_42_18
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> That was too easy.
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> Regards,
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> Ed Popielarski
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> Love 'till it hurts,
> Live 'till you die,
> Ride like you might.
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