袜子抽两只同红概率为 1/2:最小袜子数
The Sock Drawer
题目详情
A drawer contains red socks and black socks. When two socks are drawn at random, the probability that both are red is . (a) How small can the number of socks in the drawer be? (b) How small if the number of black socks is even?
解析
设红袜 只、黑袜 只(),则
(a) 最小总数:取 时方程化简为
所以最小为 ,总数 4。
(b) 若要求黑袜数为偶数:试 无整数解; 时
因此最小为 ,总数 21。