Volume 24

1988

In probability theory and in everyday language we use the word 'random' and, for many of us, our first encounter with the word would have been in drawing a name at random from a hat.

We are all familiar with the co-ordinate geometry based on the real axes and ordered pairs $(x,y)$ where $x$ and $y$ may be any element of the infinite set of real numbers.

Tsunami is the (Japanese) name given to a very long wave caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide.

Q.753 When multiplying two whole numbers a student by mistake reduced the tens digit in the answer by 7.

Q.744 Define $f(x) = \sum_{k=114}^{184} \frac{k}{x-k}$