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Old 08-19-2011, 04:33 PM   #1 (permalink)
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the number of possible ways to arrange a 52 card deck is about the number of atoms in the galaxy.

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By arrange, you mean the order of the cards? That sounds hard to believe...
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Old 08-19-2011, 08:08 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 08-19-2011, 08:30 PM   #5 (permalink)
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the number of possible ways to arrange a 52 card deck is about the number of atoms in the galaxy.
According to a quick program I wrote in java:

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--------------------Configuration: <Default>--------------------
52 * 1.0
51 * 52.0
50 * 2652.0
49 * 132600.0
48 * 6497400.0
47 * 3.118752E8
46 * 1.46581344E10
45 * 6.742741824E11
44 * 3.0342338208E13
43 * 1.335062881152E15
42 * 5.7407703889536E16
41 * 2.411123563360512E18
40 * 9.8856066097781E19
39 * 3.95424264391124E21
38 * 1.5421546311253837E23
37 * 5.860187598276459E24
36 * 2.1682694113622898E26
35 * 7.805769880904243E27
34 * 2.732019458316485E29
33 * 9.28886615827605E30
32 * 3.0653258322310962E32
31 * 9.809042663139508E33
30 * 3.0408032255732476E35
29 * 9.122409676719743E36
28 * 2.6454988062487253E38
27 * 7.40739665749643E39
26 * 1.999997097524036E41
25 * 5.199992453562494E42
24 * 1.2999981133906236E44
23 * 3.1199954721374964E45
22 * 7.175989585916242E46
21 * 1.5787177089015732E48
20 * 3.315307188693304E49
19 * 6.630614377386607E50
18 * 1.2598167317034555E52
17 * 2.26767011706622E53
16 * 3.855039199012574E54
15 * 6.168062718420118E55
14 * 9.252094077630177E56
13 * 1.295293170868225E58
12 * 1.6838811221286923E59
11 * 2.0206573465544307E60
10 * 2.222723081209874E61
9 * 2.222723081209874E62
8 * 2.0004507730888863E63
7 * 1.600360618471109E64
6 * 1.1202524329297764E65
5 * 6.721514597578659E65
4 * 3.3607572987893292E66
3 * 1.3443029195157317E67
2 * 4.032908758547195E67
1 * 8.06581751709439E67
Number of ways to shuffle a deck of cards: 8.06581751709439E67

Process completed.
So in scientific notation, that is about 8.065 x 10^67
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80,650,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

According to http://www.universetoday.com/36302/a...-the-universe/:
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The number of atoms in the entire observable universe is estimated to be within the range of 10^78 to 10^82.
So, unfortunately, the number of ways to shuffle a deck is lower then the number of atoms in the galaxy.
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Yeah, thats why it says "about".
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According to a quick program I wrote in java:

Code:
--------------------Configuration: <Default>--------------------
52 * 1.0
51 * 52.0
50 * 2652.0
49 * 132600.0
48 * 6497400.0
47 * 3.118752E8
46 * 1.46581344E10
45 * 6.742741824E11
44 * 3.0342338208E13
43 * 1.335062881152E15
42 * 5.7407703889536E16
41 * 2.411123563360512E18
40 * 9.8856066097781E19
39 * 3.95424264391124E21
38 * 1.5421546311253837E23
37 * 5.860187598276459E24
36 * 2.1682694113622898E26
35 * 7.805769880904243E27
34 * 2.732019458316485E29
33 * 9.28886615827605E30
32 * 3.0653258322310962E32
31 * 9.809042663139508E33
30 * 3.0408032255732476E35
29 * 9.122409676719743E36
28 * 2.6454988062487253E38
27 * 7.40739665749643E39
26 * 1.999997097524036E41
25 * 5.199992453562494E42
24 * 1.2999981133906236E44
23 * 3.1199954721374964E45
22 * 7.175989585916242E46
21 * 1.5787177089015732E48
20 * 3.315307188693304E49
19 * 6.630614377386607E50
18 * 1.2598167317034555E52
17 * 2.26767011706622E53
16 * 3.855039199012574E54
15 * 6.168062718420118E55
14 * 9.252094077630177E56
13 * 1.295293170868225E58
12 * 1.6838811221286923E59
11 * 2.0206573465544307E60
10 * 2.222723081209874E61
9 * 2.222723081209874E62
8 * 2.0004507730888863E63
7 * 1.600360618471109E64
6 * 1.1202524329297764E65
5 * 6.721514597578659E65
4 * 3.3607572987893292E66
3 * 1.3443029195157317E67
2 * 4.032908758547195E67
1 * 8.06581751709439E67
Number of ways to shuffle a deck of cards: 8.06581751709439E67

Process completed.
So in scientific notation, that is about 8.065 x 10^67
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80,650,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

According to http://www.universetoday.com/36302/a...-the-universe/:


So, unfortunately, the number of ways to shuffle a deck is lower then the number of atoms in the galaxy.
...COOL.

But yeah, how many atoms are there in the galaxy? ROFL.
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...COOL.

But yeah, how many atoms are there in the galaxy? ROFL.
Somewhere between 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 and 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000


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Yeah, thats why it says "about".
It is about right in the grand scheme of things. I was just curious if what you said was true, I certainly didn't believe it at first.
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It is about right in the grand scheme of things. I was just curious if what you said was true, I certainly didn't believe it at first.
Yeah its just cool to imagine.
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