最后一掷
The Last Roll
题目详情
反复掷一枚公平六面骰,直到所有掷出点数之和首次达到至少 1000 为止。
问:最后一次掷出的点数最可能是多少?
英文原题
A fair sided die is continually rolled until the sum of all the numbers is at least . What value on the die was most likely to show up on the last roll?
解析
设停止阈值为 。当累计和接近阈值时,最后一掷要“跨过”阈值。
用递推可得:从和为 0 开始,最后一次掷出 的概率分别为
因此最可能的是 。
直观上:越大的点数越容易作为“跨过阈值”的最后一步出现。
英文解析
Set the stop threshold to . When cumulative and close to the threshold, the last throw is to “cross” the threshold.
Recursively: starting with and 0, the probability of the last throw of is
So the most likely outcome is .
Intuitively: the larger the number of points, the easier it is to appear as the last step in “crossing the threshold”.