The mildly insane thoughts of a mildly sane graduate student

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Clean underwear math

Okay, so I spent my weekend preparing for the GRE (I need it if I want to apply for the PhD program that will enable me to move back home) and teaching my father to do laundry. Here is the resulting GRE math problem that this situation has transpired:

Absent-minded professor has 4 weeks of clean underwear. If his daughter is coming home in 3 weeks, what is the probability of absent-minded professor doing his own laundry?

I am such a nerd... bwaaa...