Re: Desperate situation

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From: Rex Tayloe
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 20:02

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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)?
>
>This assignment is due at 5 PM today.  Our class started out with
>a mix of theorists and experimentalists.  Now all of the     
>experimentalists are dead, and the theorists are confused.
>
>We need help.
>
>(solution tomorrow)
>
>John Blanton
>blanton@lobby.ti.com

    Look up the "negative binomial distribution".  The answer is 6.


    -        Rex Tayloe              TAYLOE@uinpla.npl.uiuc.edu       -
    -        U of Illinois           TAYLOE@uiucnpl.bitnet            -

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