Auntie,>>Anna was your neighbour's pronlem with his...

Auntie,

>>Anna was your neighbour's pronlem with his probstate?

Ansolutely!


>>I cannot understand the Q you pose about the King and the forty wise men.

Are U stating it as:
Morning 1 "No wives killed"
Morning 2 "No wives killed"
...
Morning 27 "No wives killed"
Morning 28 "All the unfaithful wives were killed"
ie all killed on the last night? Anyway, at first glance it have moi stumped.

That's correct. I did like Towies answer but will have to check with my neighbour.

>>What about another Q? 40 wives take their partners to a party. Each wife throw her car keys into a Tupper ware container (TM). The wives each take out a car key at random and take that hubbie home for a night of love. What is the prob that at least one wife takes home her own dear hubbie?

The poor dear (departed) Prof would turn in his grave at your suggestion. I suppose that the first wife would have a 1 in 40 chance of picking her own hubbie, the next 1 in 39 and so on. Am I on the right track?

AnnaP (you can have my keys any time G99 (blush)