Description

This book is a delightful companion for the high school or college student. It takes the reader by the hand on an exciting problem solving adventure. The subject of the problems is probability,
but the main goal of the book is to develop the reader's ability to successfully, confidently, and independently tackle challenging problems — a skill that finds applications everywhere. There is a long introduction section and five “Grand Challenge” problems with complete solutions. Also included are detailed appendices and monte Carlo simulations of the problems with the
associated Python code. The book, which is the required text for the “Quantitative Problem Solving,” course at Baldwin Wallace University, stresses a mastery of the concepts and
discourages plugging numbers into equations. Coauthored with Samuel Schwab and Kaylee Yuhas. The first problem in the book is presented here.