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\nThis problem was asked to British high school students (aged 15 to 16) and it went viral after they vented their frustration at the difficultly. Can you solve it? This video explains the solution and how you can check your answer. Here's...\nThis problem was asked to British high school students (aged 15 to 16) and it went viral after they vented their frustration at the difficultly. Can you solve it? This video explains the solution and how you can check your answer. Here's the problem. There are n sweets in a bag. 6 of the sweets are orange. The rest of the sweets are yellow. Hannah takes a random sweet from the bag. She eats the sweet. Hannah then takes at random another sweet from the bag. She eats the sweet. The probability that Hannah eats two orange sweets is 1/3. Show that n^2 – n – 90 = 0. Blog post with solution Via The Guardian If you like my videos, you can support me at Patreon Connect on social media. I update each site when I have a new video or blog post, so you can follow me on whichever method is most convenient for you. My Blog Twitter Facebook Google+ Pinterest Tumblr Instagram Patreon Newsletter (sent about 2 times a year) My Books \"The Joy of Game Theory\" shows how you can use math to out-think your competition. (rated 4/5 stars on 23 reviews) \"The Irrationality Illusion: How To Make Smart Decisions And Overcome Bias\" is a handbook that explains the many ways we are biased about decision-making and offers techniques to make smart decisions. (rated 5/5 stars on 1 review) \"Math Puzzles Volume 1\" features classic brain teasers and riddles with complete solutions for problems in counting, geometry, probability, and game theory. Volume 1 is rated 4.5/5 stars on 11 reviews. \"Math Puzzles Volume 2\" is a sequel book with more great problems. \"Math Puzzles Volume 3\" is the third in the series. \"40 Paradoxes in Logic, Probability, and Game Theory\" contains thought-provoking and counter-intuitive results. (rated 4.9/5 stars on 7 reviews) \"The Best Mental Math Tricks\" teaches how you can look like a math genius by solving problems in your head (rated 4.7/5 stars on 3 reviews) \"Multiply Numbers By Drawing Lines\" This book is a reference guide for my video that has over 1 million views on a geometric method to multiply numbers. (rated 5/5 stars on 1 review)\n
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