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Article #869Re: Desperate situation
From: Jerry Dallal
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:45
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 01:45
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In article <1993Jan26.183234.20186@mksol.dseg.ti.com>, blanton@mksol.dseg.ti.com (John F Blanton) writes: > THIS IS A HOMEWORK PROBLEM > > The game of Russian roulette consists of the following steps: > > a. Load a 6-shot revolver with 1 bullet and 5 empty chambers. > b. Spin the cylinder. > c. Point the gun at your head and pull the trigger. > > On the average, how many times can one person play this game > (steps a, b, c)? > An interesting (mathematically) variant is a,b,c,c,c, . . .
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ulowell!m2c!bu.edu!news.tufts.edu!news.hnrc.tufts.edu!jerry From: jerry@hnrc.tufts.edu (Jerry Dallal) Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Subject: Re: Desperate situation Message-ID: <1993Jan26.204532.667@hnrc.tufts.edu> Date: 27 Jan 93 01:45:32 GMT References: <1993Jan26.183234.20186@mksol.dseg.ti.com> Organization: USDA HNRC at Tufts University Lines: 14