A box with no top that has a volume of 1000 cubic inches is to be constructed from a 22 x 30-inch sheet of cardboard by cutting squares of equal size from each corner and folding up the flaps. If one of the dimensions has to be greater than 18 inches, what size square should be cut from each corner? a. 2.234 in
C. 1.369 in
b. 3.784 in
d. 2.758 in

If a(0,0,0) and b(2,2,2) are points in coordinate space, how many paths are there from a to b that move from one lattice point to another in the positive x-,y- or z- direction?

Find the equation using the point (4,8)

Aprisoner is trapped in a cell containing three doors. the first door leads to a tunnel that returns him to his cell after two days of travel. the second leads to a tunnel that returns him to his cell after three days of travel. the third door leads immediately to freedom. (a) assuming that the prisoner will always select doors 1, 2 and 3 with probabili- ties 0.5,0.3,0.2 (respectively), what is the expected number of days until he reaches freedom? (b) assuming that the prisoner is always equally likely to choose among those doors that he has not used, what is the expected number of days until he reaches freedom? (in this version, if the prisoner initially tries door 1, for example, then when he returns to the cell, he will now select only from doors 2 and 3.) (c) for parts (a) and (b), find the variance of the number of days until the prisoner reaches freedom. hint for part (b): define ni to be the number of additional days the prisoner spends after initially choosing door i and returning to his cell.