rowlandanthonyimperial
Friday, December 14, 2007
05:07
Tic-tac-toes and Po-ta-toes.
TIC-TAC-TOES.
Without eliminating symmetries (rotations and reflections), there are 255,168 possible games in tic-tac-toe. Assuming that X makes the first move every time:
- 131,184 games are won by X;
- 77,904 games are won by O;
- 46,080 games are a draw.
After eliminating symmetries, there are only 138 unique games. Assuming once again that X makes the first move every time:
- 91 games are won by X;
- 44 games are won by O;
- 3 games are a draw.
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POTATOES.
Potato is the term which applies either to the starchy tuberous crop from the perennial plant
Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, or to the plant itself. Potato is the world's most widely grown tuber crop, and the fourth largest food crop in terms of fresh produce — after rice, wheat, and maize ('corn').
- AGAIN, from
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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hope you've learned something from this.
Well, I did.