A First Course in Probability
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Author: Sheldon Ross
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.6P
A well-known nursery rhyme starts as follows:
As I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with 7 wives.
Each wife had 7 sacks.
Each sack had 7 cats.
Each cat had 7 kittens...
How many kittens did the traveler meet?
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