AIME 2006 II · 第 10 题

Solution

Solution 1

The results of the five remaining games are independent of the first game, so by symmetry, the probability that $A$ scores higher than $B$ in these five games is equal to the probability that $B$ scores higher than $A$. We let this probability be $p$; then the probability that $A$ and $B$ end with the same score in these five games is $1-2p$.

Of these three cases ($|A| > |B|, |A| < |B|, |A|=|B|$), the last is the easiest to calculate (see solution 2 for a way to directly calculate the other cases).

There are ${5\choose k}$ ways to $A$ to have $k$ victories, and ${5\choose k}$ ways for $B$ to have $k$ victories. Summing for all values of $k$,

Thus $p = \frac 12 \left(1-\frac{126}{512}\right) = \frac{193}{512}$. The desired probability is the sum of the cases when $|A| \ge |B|$, so the answer is $\frac{126}{512} + \frac{193}{512} = \frac{319}{512}$, and $m+n = \boxed{831}$.

Solution 2

You can break this into cases based on how many rounds $A$ wins out of the remaining $5$ games.

• If $A$ wins 0 games, then $B$ must win 0 games and the probability of this is $\frac{{5 \choose 0}}{2^5} \frac{{5 \choose 0}}{2^5} = \frac{1}{1024}$.

• If $A$ wins 1 games, then $B$ must win 1 or less games and the probability of this is $\frac{{5 \choose 1}}{2^5} \frac{{5 \choose 0}+{5 \choose 1}}{2^5} = \frac{30}{1024}$.

• If $A$ wins 2 games, then $B$ must win 2 or less games and the probability of this is $\frac{{5 \choose 2}}{2^5} \frac{{5 \choose 0}+{5 \choose 1}+{5 \choose 2}}{2^5} = \frac{160}{1024}$.

• If $A$ wins 3 games, then $B$ must win 3 or less games and the probability of this is $\frac{{5 \choose 3}}{2^5} \frac{{5 \choose 0}+{5 \choose 1}+{5 \choose 2}+{5 \choose 3}}{2^5} = \frac{260}{1024}$.

• If $A$ wins 4 games, then $B$ must win 4 or less games and the probability of this is $\frac{{5 \choose 4}}{2^5} \frac{{5 \choose 0}+{5 \choose 1}+{5 \choose 2}+{5 \choose 3}+{5 \choose 4}}{2^5} = \frac{155}{1024}$.

• If $A$ wins 5 games, then $B$ must win 5 or less games and the probability of this is $\frac{{5 \choose 5}}{2^5} \frac{{5 \choose 0}+{5 \choose 1}+{5 \choose 2}+{5 \choose 3}+{5 \choose 4}+{5 \choose 5}}{2^5} = \frac{32}{1024}$.

Summing these 6 cases, we get $\frac{638}{1024}$, which simplifies to $\frac{319}{512}$, so our answer is $319 + 512 = \boxed{831}$.

Solution 3

We can apply the concept of generating functions here.

The generating function for $B$ is $(1 + 0x^{1})$ for the first game where $x^{n}$ is winning n games. Since $B$ lost the first game, the coefficient for $x^{1}$ is 0. The generating function for the next 5 games is $(1 + x)^{5}$. Thus, the total generating function for number of games he wins is

${(1 + 0x)(1 + x)^{5}} = (1 + 5x^{1} + 10x^{2} + 10x^{3} + 5x^{4} + x^{5})$.

The generating function for $A$ is the same except that it is multiplied by $x$ instead of $(1+0x)$. Thus, the generating function for $A$ is

$1x + 5x^{2} + 10x^{3} + 10x^{4} + 5x^{5} + x^{6}$.

The probability that $B$ wins 0 games is $\frac{1}{32}$. Since the coefficients for all $x^{n}$ where

$n \geq 1$ sums to 32, the probability that $A$ wins more games is $\frac{32}{32}$.

Thus, the probability that $A$ has more wins than $B$ is $\frac{1}{32} \times \frac{32}{32} + \frac{5}{32} \times \frac{31}{32} + \frac{10}{32} \times \frac{26}{32} + \frac{10}{32} \times \frac{16}{32} + \frac{5}{32} \times \frac{6}{32} +\frac{1}{32} \times \frac{1}{32} = \frac{638}{1024} = \frac{319}{512}$.

Thus, $319 + 512 = \boxed{831}$.

Solution 4

After the first game, there are $10$ games we care about-- those involving $A$ or $B$. There are $3$ cases of these $10$ games: $A$ wins more than $B$, $B$ wins more than $A$, or $A$ and $B$ win the same number of games. Also, there are $2^{10} = 1024$ total outcomes. By symmetry, the first and second cases are equally likely, and the third case occurs $\binom{5}{0}^2+\binom{5}{1}^2+\binom{5}{2}^2+\binom{5}{3}^2+\binom{5}{4}^2+\binom{5}{5}^2 = \binom{10}{5} = 252$ times, by a special case of Vandermonde's Identity. There are therefore $\frac{1024-252}{2} = 386$ possibilities for each of the other two cases.

If $B$ has more wins than $A$ in its $5$ remaining games, then $A$ cannot beat $B$ overall. However, if $A$ has more wins or if $A$ and $B$ are tied, $A$ will beat $B$ overall. Therefore, out of the $1024$ possibilites, $386+252 = 638$ ways where $A$ wins, so the desired probability is $\frac{638}{1024} = \frac{319}{512}$, and $m+n=\boxed{831}$.