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HMMT February 2006 — Guts Round — Problem 3

专题
Contest Math / 竞赛数学
难度
L3
来源
HMMT

题目详情

  1. [5] At a nursey, 2006 babies sit in a circle. Suddenly each baby pokes the baby immediatelyto either its left or its right, with equal probability. What is the expected number of unpokedbabies?
    IX HARVARD-MIT MATHEMATICS TOURNAMENT, 25 FEBRUARY 2006 — GUTS ROUNDth

英文原题

[5] At a nursey, 2006 babies sit in a circle. Suddenly each baby pokes the baby immediately
to either its left or its right, with equal probability. What is the expected number of unpoked
babies?
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IX th HARVARD-MIT MATHEMATICS TOURNAMENT, 25 FEBRUARY 2006 — GUTS ROUND

解析

英文解析

  1. At a nursey, 2006 babies sit in a circle. Suddenly each baby pokes the baby immediatelyto either its left or its right, with equal probability. What is the expected number ofunpoked babies?
    1003
    Answer:
    Solution: The probability that any given baby goes unpoked is 1 / 4. So the answer 2
    is 2006 / 4 = 1003 / 2.