Partition Permutation: Riddle #1

All Combinations of Addends With a "target-total" of 5

Combination

Probability

Expectation

All the combinations with 5:

5

1/5

1/5

Total

1/5 = .20

All the combinations with 4:

41

1/5

1/5

14

(1/5)(1/4)

1/20

Total

5/20 = 1/4 = .25

All the combinations with 3:

311

(1/5)(1/2)

1/10

32

(1/5)(1/2)

1/10

23

(1/5)(1/3)

1/15

131

(1/5)(1/4)

1/20

113

(1/5)(1/4)(1/3)

1/60

Total

20/60 = 1/3 = .33

All the combinations with 2:

1112

(1/5)(1/4)(1/3)(1/2)

1/120

1121

(1/5)(1/4)(1/3)

1/60

1211

(1/5)(1/4)(1/2)

1/40

122

(1/5)(1/4)(1/2)

2/40

2111

(1/5)(1/3)(1/2)

1/30

212

(1/5)(1/3)(1/2)

2/30

221

(1/5)(1/3)

2/15

23

(1/5)(1/3)

1/15

32

(1/5)(1/2)

1/10

Total

60/120 = 1/2 = .50

All the combinations with 1:

11111

(1/5)(1/4)(1/3)(1/2)

5/120

113

(1/5)(1/4)(1/3)

2/60

1112

(1/5)(1/4)(1/3)(1/2)

3/120

1121

(1/5)(1/4)(1/3)

3/60

1211

(1/5)(1/4)(1/2)

3/40

122

(1/5)(1/4)(1/2)

1/40

131

(1/5)(1/4)

2/20

14

(1/5)(1/4)

1/20

2111

(1/5)(1/3)(1/2)

3/30

212

(1/5)(1/3)(1/2)

1/30

221

(1/5)(1/3)

1/15

311

(1/5)(1/2)

2/10

41

(1/5)

1/5

Total

120 / 120 = 1/1 = 1