### Weekly Challenge 43: A Close Match

Can you massage the parameters of these curves to make them match as closely as possible?

### Weekly Challenge 44: Prime Counter

A weekly challenge concerning prime numbers.

### Weekly Challenge 28: the Right Volume

Can you rotate a curve to make a volume of 1?

# Weekly Challenge 37: Magic Bag

##### Stage: 5 Challenge Level:

A magic bag contains some black and white balls, all of the same size and shape.

I put my hands in the bag and simultaneously and randomly pull out two balls. They are both the same colour and the magic bag tells me that the chance of this occurring was exactly $0.5$.

I wonder to myself how this condition constrains the numbers of black and white balls.

At the same time, the bag, who can read minds, says "I'll give you a hint: it's got something nice to do with triangle numbers."

Did you know ... ?

Probability theory has many overlaps with the study of combinatorics. Is it fascinating how beautiful and tricky the consequences of counting become!