3 Bags of 33
Probability
Level
3
I have three bags, each containing the numbers from 1 to 33. I take one number out from each bag and take the sum of these three numbers.
How many different possibilities are there for my sum?
99
96
97
102
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1 solution
The sum could be anything from 3 (1+1+1) to 99 (33+33+33). Hence there are 99-3+1=97 possibilities.