Chittagong 2013 higher secondary problem 9

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Chittagong 2013 higher secondary problem 9

Unread post by Neblina » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:57 pm

Batman lives in Brazil and Superman lives in Argentina. During Eid holidays, Batman will visit Argentina and Superman will visit Brazil. If they start from their respective countries at a time what is the probability that they will meet on their?
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Re: Chittagong 2013 higher secondary problem 9

Unread post by _somapty_ » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:40 pm

Try all possible ways.

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Re: Chittagong 2013 higher secondary problem 9

Unread post by bristy1588 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:43 pm

Why don't you try to figure it out in the Bangla way?
Just a tip, most of the times i used the bangla way during divisionals. its just a advice though, different strategy might work for you.
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Re: Chittagong 2013 higher secondary problem 9

Unread post by Neblina » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:55 pm

bristy1588 wrote:Why don't you try to figure it out in the Bangla way?
Just a tip, most of the times i used the bangla way during divisionals. its just a advice though, different strategy might work for you.
Yah Bangla way might work but that will be very time consuming. Looking for other ways if someone have one.
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Re: Chittagong 2013 higher secondary problem 9

Unread post by Ragib Farhat Hasan » Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:20 pm

I think the answer is 1/81.

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Re: Chittagong 2013 higher secondary problem 9

Unread post by Ragib Farhat Hasan » Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:23 pm

Or maybe 1/38^2.

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