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i am so going to fail maths ext 2 after seeing this thread. I don't even get what's going on :/
 
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Dw sophisms I thought the exact same thing...but you'll get used to it! Promise!
 

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still got no idea on how to finish it off lol
 

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Alright! Time for a (possibly ridiculous) Probability question.

Jack and Michael are playing a game of blackjack, using 8 standard decks.

i. How many two card selections are there:
a) in total?
b) that will have blackjack?
ii. What is the probability of:
a) only one player being dealt blackjack?
b) both players being dealt blackjack?
iii. What is the probability of being dealt blackjack, where one card is a King?
iv. If Both Jack and Michael are dealt blackjack, what is the probability (out of all possible 2 card selections for both players, [blackjack or not] dealt to both players) that Jack will beat Michael (where 10 < Jack < Queen < King and let's say Spades = 4 points > Clubs = 3 > Diamonds = 2 > Hearts = 1, and the suit of both cards count, and most points wins)

For those who have never played Blackjack, (My teacher said he once had a Yr 12 class where barely anyone had even seen a deck of cards lol) Having Blackjack is when the sum of both card's numbers is 21 [Ace = 1 or 11, 10 = Jack = Queen = King]

Note: I have no idea how to do this question, I just made it up on the spot. Additionally, probability is not my forte, so don't rely on me to come up with the answers any time soon lol.

For part i. , I just mean a single hand, but for part iv. , I mean for both hands at the same time ( it is a bit confusing lol).
 
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This question is possibly more complex than you thought. My reasons:

1. In a game of blackjack, you also have to count the fact that cards are given to another player at the same time (so there are fewer cards in the deck).

2. Remember that you can 'hit' in Blackjack, and we also have to determine the probability of one of them 'busting out', thus guaranteeing a win for the other player assuming they haven't already Blackjacked.
 

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Just to make it slightly easier, reduce the deck number to 1, and we are only considering it to be a win if both players are below 22. (im not sure if this makes it easier or harder)

EDIT: And yes, this is becoming worse and worse as I think about it.

What's the worst we can get in MX2 probability?
 

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I made this one up myself.... I hope its alright....
 
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integral[(sinx-cosx)/(2+2sin2x)] = integral[(sinx-cosx)/(1+2sinxcosx+sin^2x+cos^2x)]
= integral[(sinx-cosx)/(1+(sinx+cosx)^2)]
let u=sinx + cosx
du = cosx - sinx dx
.'. integral[(sinx-cosx)/(1+(sinx+cosx)^2)] = -integral[1/(1+u^2)]
= -arctan(u)
= -arctan(sinx + cosx) + C
 

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Show that for x > 0:

 

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Show that for x > 0:

Let f(x)=cos(x)-1+(x^2/2)-(x^4/24)
When x=0, f(x)=f(0)=0
f '(x)=-sin(x)+x-(x^3/6)
f ''(x)=-cos(x)+1-(x^2/2)
f '''(x)=sin(x)-x
Note that y=x is the tangent to y=sin(x) at x=0 meaning that x>sin(x) <=> sin(x)-x<0 for all x>0.
In order to prove the statement for x>0, which is equivalent to the statement "Prove f(x)<0 for x>0", we must consider the fact that if f(x)<0 for x>0 then f(0)<=0 and f '(x)<0 for all x>0. Since f ''(0)=0 and f '''(x)<0 for all x>0 it follows by the theorem stated above that f ''(x)<0 for all x>0. Since f '(0)=0 and f ''(x)<0 for all x>0 it follows again by the theorem that f '(x)<0 for all x>0. Applying the theorem once more we deduce that f(x)<0 for all x>0 i.e. cos(x)<1-(x^2/2)+(x^4/24) for x>0
 
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Can you do it this way?



Since substituting in x=0 leaves both sides equal, we can say that for x>0.

So we end up with by differentiating:



Therefore by multiplying both sides by -1:



Sub in x=0 and both sides are equal, so we can do the same again:



Sub in x=0 and both sides are equal so we differentiate again:



Therefore by once again multiplying both sides by -1:



Sub x=0 and both sides are equal, so differentiating again gives:



Which is true for all x>0, and hence we conclude that:



Alternatively by using taylor series though, you would only have to prove that:

 

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You cannot differentiate both sides of an inequality and expect know for sure what the inequality sign is
e.g. x2 + 1 > x2
If you differentiate both sides you get: 2x > 2x which is clearly false

Though you are on the right track...just not in the right direction ;)
 
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Do you have another good question Trebla?
 

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bleakarcher's solution is good but wasn't what I had in mind which is probably a simpler approach conceptually but requires a little messier working.

We know that for x > 0 and for some a > 0

 
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