HW 2 Kishan Patel 9/19/21 1) let a matrix of nxn containing positive integersfrom 1 onwards. thus there is matrix entries from 1 to n^2. let the sum of all entries Sn=(n^2(n^2+1))/2. As there are n rows in a nxn matrix, the magic constant can be described as the Sn/n which is n(n^2+1)/2 2) 8 1 6 3 5 7 4 9 2 3) 16 2 3 13 5 11 10 8 9 7 6 12 4 14 15 1 4) 30 39 48 1 10 19 28 38 47 7 9 18 27 29 46 6 8 17 26 35 37 5 14 16 25 34 36 45 13 15 24 33 42 44 4 21 23 32 41 43 3 12 22 31 40 49 2 11 20 5) Deck A:1 3 5 7 Deck B:2 4 6 1 3 5 7 2 B A A A 4 B B A A 6 B B B A Probability to win is Equal for both decks 50% A or B 6) Deck A: 8 3 4 Deck B: 1 5 9 Deck C: 6 7 2 A vs B 8 3 4 1 A A A 5 A B B 9 B B B B Wins B vs C 1 5 9 6 C C B 7 C C B 2 C B B C Wins A vs C 8 3 4 6 A C C 7 A C C 2 A A A A Wins This constitutes as the sucker's paradox because no one deck is truely the best, each deck is balanced by having an advantage over one deck and a disadvantage by another deck