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Right, Ed,

you can even write it 26x26x26x26x26=11,881,376

40,000/11,881,376=0.003

Inge

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Inge'" <[log in to unmask]>; "'TechNet E-Mail Forum'" 
<[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: Beginning of the week quiz!


> 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
> To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; [log in to unmask]
> 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.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 6:16 PM
> Subject: [TN] End of the week quiz!
>
>
>>
> http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_number_comes_next_in_the_sequence_1_2_6_42_18
>> 06
>>
>> That was too easy.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Ed Popielarski
>>
>> Love 'till it hurts,
>> Live 'till you die,
>> Ride like you might.
>>
>>
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