Publications by Jason Shaw

Enigmerica Election

The Riddler Classic 268, published 04/23/2021 From Aaron Wilkowski comes a rather enigmatic election: Riddler Nation’s neighbor to the west, Enigmerica, is holding an election between two candidates, A and B. Assume every person in Enigmerica votes randomly and independently, and that the number of voters is very, very large. Moreover, due to h...

3104 sym R (551 sym/5 pcs)

Marble Counting & Riddler Solitaire

Riddler Express: Counting Marbles A bag contains 100 marbles, and each marble is one of three different colors. If you were to draw three marbles at random, the probability that you would get one of each color is exactly 20 percent. How many marbles of each color are in the bag? Solution If there are \(x\) of the first color and \(y\) of the sec...

4118 sym R (3949 sym/42 pcs)

Wordle is the Riddle

The Goal Each day, a new five letter word is the day’s Wordle. Thanks to The Riddler’s fascination with the Riddler, the Riddler universe has access to a list of words that we are allowed to guess along with a list of words that could be the mystery Wordle word. Let’s read in the mystery words and the words we can use to guess. Thanks Jason...

3230 sym R (6357 sym/28 pcs)