HMMT 二月 2009 · GEN1 赛 · 第 5 题
HMMT February 2009 — GEN1 Round — Problem 5
题目详情
- [ 4 ] Two jokers are added to a 52 card deck and the entire stack of 54 cards is shuffled randomly. What is the expected number of cards that will be strictly between the two jokers?
解析
- [ 4 ] Two jokers are added to a 52 card deck and the entire stack of 54 cards is shuffled randomly. What is the expected number of cards that will be strictly between the two jokers? Answer: 52 / 3 1 Solution: Each card has an equal likelihood of being either on top of the jokers, in between them, or below the jokers. Thus, on average, 1 / 3 of them will land between the two jokers.