Neapolitan cards
Math

Italian Solitaire

Combinatorics, Probability; Difficulty: medium Winning at Italian Solitaire After a tough geometry/calculus question last week, this week’s Riddler Classic is a counting/probability exercise about a version of Italian Solitaire. The

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Star or Plane
Math

Is that a Star or a Plane?

Geometry, Calculus; Difficulty: hard It’s A Star! It’s A Plane! It’s … The Riddler! This week’s Riddler Classic is a geometry question requiring a bit of calculus. The Classic reproduced:

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Bottles of beer on the wall
Math

Taking down all the bottles of beer

Probability, Calculus; Difficulty: medium Can you take down all the bottles of beer? This week’s Riddler Classic is a probability question based on the popular reverse cumulative song 99 bottles

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