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There are three boxes, in each of which there are balls numbered from 0 to 9. One ball is taken from each box. What is the probability that

a) three ones were taken out;

b) three equal numbers were taken out?

A player in the card game Preferans has 4 trumps, and the other 4 are in the hands of his two opponents. What is the probability that the trump cards are distributed a) \(2: 2\); b) \(3: 1\); c) \(4: 0\)?

Determine all prime numbers \(p\) and \(q\) such that \(p^2 - 2q^2 = 1\) holds.

Numbers \(a, b, c\) are integers with \(a\) and \(b\) being coprime. Let us assume that integers \(x_0\) and \(y_0\) are a solution for the equation \(ax + by = c\).

Prove that every solution for this equation has the same form \(x = x_0 + kb\), \(y = y_0 - ka\), with \(k\) being a random integer.

Prove that for a real positive \(\alpha\) and a positive integer \(d\), \(\lfloor \alpha / d\rfloor = \lfloor \lfloor \alpha\rfloor / d\rfloor\) is always satisfied.

Solve the equations in integers:

a) \(3x^2 + 5y^2 = 345\);

b) \(1 + x + x^2 + x^3 = 2^y\).

Prove that in a three-digit number, that is divisible by 37, you can always rearrange the numbers so that the new number will also be divisible by 37.