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  1. Newsgroups: sci.math
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!rpi!utcsri!skule.ecf!rairan
  3. From: rairan@ecf.toronto.edu (RAI Ranjan)
  4. Subject: Chess Problem
  5. Message-ID: <BuFpLp.9nI@ecf.toronto.edu>
  6. Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
  7. Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 22:10:37 GMT
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  10. In celebration(?) of the Fischer-Spasky rematch in Yugoslavia, I thought I'd post
  11. a little chess problem I encountered in high school.
  12.  
  13. Chess Problem:
  14.      Eight rooks are placed at random on a chessboard.  What is the probability that
  15.    no two rooks can attack one another?
  16.         
  17. -- 
  18. Ranjan Rai                             <rairan@ecf.toronto.edu> 
  19. Engineering Science 9T3                <rairan@eecg.toronto.edu>
  20. University of Toronto                      
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