Weekly Contest #1

(Ended)

Standings

Q1.

In a drawer Sandy has 5 pairs of socks, each pair a different color. On Monday Sandy selects two individual socks at random from the 10 socks in the drawer. On Tuesday Sandy selects 2 of the remaining 8 socks at random and on Wednesday two of the remaining 6 socks at random. The probability that Wednesday is the first day Sandy selects matching socks is m/n, where m and n are relatively prime positive integers, Find m+n

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.

Q2.

Call a positive integer monotonous if it is a one-digit number or its digits, when read from left to right, form either a strictly increasing or a strictly decreasing sequence. For example, 3, 23578, and 987620 are monotonous, but 88, 7434, and 23557 are not. How many monotonous positive integers are there?

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.

Q3.

Suppose that 4 cards labeled 1 to 4 are placed randomly into 4 boxes also labeled 1 to 4, one card per box. What is the probability that no card gets placed into a box having the same label as the card?

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.

Q4.

Of the 20 lightbulbs in a box, 2 are defective. An inspector will select 2 lightbulbs simultaneously and at random from the box. What is the probability that neither of the light bulbs selected will be defective? Give your answer as Decimal.

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.

Q5.

Bob and Alice each have a bag that contains one ball of each of the colors blue, green, orange, red, and violet. Alice randomly selects one ball from her bag and puts it into Bob's bag. Bob then randomly selects one ball from his bag and puts it into Alice's bag. What is the probability that after this process the contents of the two bags are the same?

Answer must be a floating-point or integer value and precision error less than 10^-6 is allowed.