Advanced Engineering Mathematics
Advanced Engineering Mathematics
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ISBN: 9780470458365
Author: Erwin Kreyszig
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
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An editor has a stack of \( k \) documents to review. The order in which the documents are reviewed is random with each ordering being equally likely. Of the \( k \) documents to review, two are named "Relaxation Through Mathematics" and "The Joy of Calculus." Give an expression for each of the probabilities below as a function of \( k \). Simplify your final expression as much as possible so that your answer does not include any expressions in the form 
\[
\binom{a}{b}.
\]

(a) What is the probability that "Relaxation Through Mathematics" is first to review?

(b) What is the probability that "Relaxation Through Mathematics" and "The Joy of Calculus" are next to each other in the stack?
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Transcribed Image Text:**Problem 7** An editor has a stack of \( k \) documents to review. The order in which the documents are reviewed is random with each ordering being equally likely. Of the \( k \) documents to review, two are named "Relaxation Through Mathematics" and "The Joy of Calculus." Give an expression for each of the probabilities below as a function of \( k \). Simplify your final expression as much as possible so that your answer does not include any expressions in the form \[ \binom{a}{b}. \] (a) What is the probability that "Relaxation Through Mathematics" is first to review? (b) What is the probability that "Relaxation Through Mathematics" and "The Joy of Calculus" are next to each other in the stack?
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