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A and B flip coins. A starts and continues flipping

until a tail occurs, at which point B starts flipping and continues

until there is a tail. Then A takes over, and so on.

Let P1 be the probability of the coin landing on heads

when A flips and P2 when B flips. The winner of the game

is the first one to get

(a) 2 heads in a row;

(b) a total of 2 heads;

(c) 3 heads in a row;

(d) a total of 3 heads.

In each case, find the probability that A wins

Short Answer

Expert verified

(a).P(A)=1121-1-P121-P22

(b).P(A)=1-P11-1-P11-P22×1-2(1-P21-P11-1-P11-P2

(c).P(A)=P13P1+3P2-3P1P133

(d).

localid="1647234699674" PAwins=P11-1-P11-P23×3(1-P2)1-P11-1-P11-P21+(1-P2)1-P11-1-P11-P2+P21-1-P11-P2

Step by step solution

01

:Calculation (Part a)

Events:

HA- Toss by A results in Heads

HB- Toss by B results in Heads

WA- A wins in the fixed turn

WB- B wins in the fixed turn

Chances :

P(HA)=P1P(HB)=P2

It is given that the winning condition is when the outgrowth is 2 heads in a row. Thereby, Awill win in the below cases:

When the both rivals fail i times, where i=0,1,2,…, and achieving winning condition.

Probability =PWACPWBCkPWA

It is known that that the events WAand WBare independent and they could be mutually exclusive if all i-s are different, thus, the probability of their union event Ais equal to sum of their individual probsbilities:

P(A)=∑k=0∞PWACPWBCkPWA

thus, the needed sum is the sum of the geometric progression with the formuls

∑k=0∞qk=11-q

Thus,

P(A)=11-PWACPWaC∣PWAReferred as (1)

The winning condition of two heads in a row can be written as

P(WA)=P(HA)P(HA)P(WB)=P(HB)P(HB)

Thus,

While substituting it into equation (1), it can be calculated:

localid="1647467224059" P(A)=1121-1-P121-P22

02

Calculation (Part b)

Consider the case when the coin has been flipped three time, also there can be only one winner. Apalm in the script when the Bflipped only original head or the alternate head or when the Agets the first two heads. These scripts can be written as BAA,ABA,AA

It can be determined that these situations are mutually exclusive so:

P(A)=P"BAA''+P"ABA''+P("AA")

Case "BAA"

When this event occurs, Bwill be the first one to flip a head which is analogous to A losing if the winning game is turning a head, i.e. the formula from the morning is

P11-1-P11-â„™1

The second and third flip must be tails byBwith probability equal to I - P2

In the alternate chances, Aflips head with the same probability I - P2as of winning a game of flipping head one time. After that Ahas to flip head again also with the same probability.

Thus,

localid="1646610756857" P"BAA''=1-P11-1-P11-P2×1-P2×1-P11-1-P11-P22

By applying the same sense

localid="1647467319367" P"ABA''=1-P11-1-P11-P2×1-P11-1-P1×1-P2×1-P2×1-P11-1-P11-P2P(A)=1-P11-1-P11-P22×1-2(1-P21-P11-1-P11-P2

03

Calculation(Part c)

The winning condition of three heads in a row has probability equal to

P(WA)=PHAPHAPHA=P13P(WB)=PHBPHBPHB=P23

By substituting into formuls P(A)=11-[P(wF)P(WF)∣PWA, the affair is

localid="1647467347425" P(A)=1-P131-1-P13)(1-P23=P13P1+3P2-3P1P133

04

Calculation (Part d)

The probability of the outgrowth of a aggregate of 3 heads can be written as:
P(A)=P("AAA")+P("AABA")+P("ABAA")+P("BAAA")+P("BBAAA")+P("BABAA")+P("BAABA")+P("ABBAA")+P("ABABA")+P("AABBA")

By using the sense defined in part b), The 2nd,3rd,4thterm on right hand side of above equation have same probability equal to

1-P11-1-P11-P23×1-P11-1-P11-P2×1-P2

Then it's veritably important to understand the sequence in which player tosses head. This is why, if Btosses only 1 head in a row, also the coming toss by Bshould be tails and the probability of it is 1-P2time more.

Thus,

P"ABABA''+P("BABAA")+P("BAABA")=3P("ABABA")

Also,

P("BRAAA)+P("ABBAA")+P("AABBA")=3P("BBAAA")

By adding all these values

localid="1647467442963" PAwins=P11-1-P11-P23×3(1-P2)1-P11-1-P11-P21+(1-P2)1-P11-1-P11-P2+P21-1-P11-P2

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