Puzzles

The Election
Puzzles

The Election

By Joshua Feldman
When not writing or grading puzzles for Contingencies, for the past few years I have had a second extracurricular actuarial activity take up my time: I am the president of the Central State Actuarial Forum (CSAF), a proud affiliate of the Casualty Actuarial Society.

Four Points
Puzzles

Four Points

By Stephen Meskin
This problem concerns the number of ways of putting four distinct points in a (Euclidean) plane. But first, let me put the problem in context.