Because the sum of the weights in each of the three groups of potatoes below is not a multiple of 4, there is no way of dividing the potatoes so that each portion has the same total weight. What
method of dividing them has the smallest divergence?
(a) Group 5:
8 7 4 3
6 4 3
6 5 5 3
(b) Group 6:
8
7
5
7
6
5
4
4
4
6
5
(c) Group 7:
8
7
8
7
7
6 5
6 4
6 3
8

the answer   is 200

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this is a problem about poisson probabilities.   i don't know if you've

already studied poisson distributions, or if you have a place to look

to read more about the subject.  

here's how you can see a poisson distribution coming.   when there are

a lot of events that may happen at any time (or any place), and when

you're counting how many of them happen at a particular time (or a

particular place), and each event is independent of the others, then

the result is a poisson distribution.   this is roughly true for the

chocolate chips; one chip being in a cookie has only a small effect on

the probability that another chip will be in the cookie.

once you know you have a poisson distribution, you know a lot.   there

is only one parameter to a poisson distribution, so if you know the

mean, you know everything.   the form of the distribution is

  probability of n chips = {[e^(-x)]*(x^n)} / (n! )

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it's is b

relating to or denoting a system of numbers and arithmetic based on the number ten, tenth parts, and powers of ten.

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answer

you start with $5 and save $10 a week until you have at least $45wer

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