Each die is numbered 1 to 6. Each throw of six dice will reveal a potentially linear (imagine they fall in a straight line) sequence of six numbers, often, but not always, repeated numbers, ie, 1, 1, 1, 3, 4, 5, or 2, 2, 3, 3, 1, 5. Equally you might throw a nonrepeating linear number sequence, such as,1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 6, 1, 4, 5, 2, 3. My question is simply this: how many nonrepeating linear number sequences is it possible to throw with six dice. This is not a chance question, ie what is the chance of throwing a nonrepeating linear number sequence, but simply how many nonrepeating linear number sequences can you throw with six dice? How would you calculate this?
2006-09-28
08:24:05
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Rob
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