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    How to calculate actuarial present value

    I am not sure if this was the right forum. if not let me know. An auto repair shop plans to sell a new brand of car battery with a 4-year warranty. Given: (i) If the battery fails within 4 years, the shop will refund a pro-rata share of the purchase price at the moment of failure. (ii)...
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    Distinct Colorings of a Cube: How Many Are There?

    Check it out: 'Each of the faces of the cube are colored by a diff erent of six fi xed colors. How many of the colorings are distinct?' I figured it would be 6!,very simple. But no,there's a trick, can u figure it out!
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    Hit-and-Run: AS### Combinations w/1,2

    A witness to a hit-and-run accident tells the police that the license plate of the car in the accident, which contains three letters followed by three digits, starts with the latters AS and contains both the digits 1 and 2. How many different license plates fit the description?
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    Is (2^(p-1)) * ((2^p) - 1) a perfect number if (2^p) -1 is prime?

    Show that if (2^p) -1 is prime then (2^(p-1)) * ((2^p) - 1) is perfect
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    Finite Subsets of N: Proving Countability

    Prove that the collection F(N) of all fi nite subsets of N (natural numbers) is countable.
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    Prime Factorial Proof: Existence of a Prime Between n and n!

    Thank you everyone I got it. After Hoch's hint using n! - 1, I figured it out. It's actually pretty simple. I feel really stupid!
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    Prime Factorial Proof: Existence of a Prime Between n and n!

    I considered Bertrand's Postulate but as hochs said it got messy.i still can't figure it out
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    Prime Factorial Proof: Existence of a Prime Between n and n!

    Prove or disprove: If n is an integer and n > 2, then there exists a prime p such that n < p < n!.
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