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A and B play a series of games. Each game is independently won by A with probability p and by B with probability 1鈭 p. They stop when the total number of wins of one of the players is two greater than that of the other player. The player with the greater number of total wins is declared the winner of the series.

(a) Find the probability that a total of 4games are played.

(b) Find the probability that A is the winner of the series

Short Answer

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From the given information,

a) The probability that a total of 4games are played is =2[p3(1p)+p(1p)3]

b) The probability that A is the winner of the series is=p2p2+(1p)2

Step by step solution

01

Given Information (part a)

Find the probability that a total of 4games are played

02

Explanation (part a)

First ditermine which order of wins cause precisely 4games.

A wins the first game:

B wins the second game( if A wins again, Awon and the game is over)

The next two games can be won by either A or B, so that one of them has the lead of two.

Equivalently for case where B wins the first game.

To Specify, the orders can be:ABAA,ABBB,BAAA,BABB

outcomes of different games are independent.

P("4games precisely")=P("ABAA")+P("ABBB")+P("BAAA")+P("BABB")

=p3(1p)+p(1p)3+p3(1p)+p(1p)3

=2[p3(1p)+p(1p)3]

03

Final Answer (part a)

The probability that a total of 4 games are played is

04

Given Information (part b)

Find the probability that A is the winner of the series .

05

Explanation (part b)

The first two games can end in one of three outcomes -Awins (2:0),Bwins or it is even (1:1).

If the game is continued, the result is even, and since the total of wins is not important, only the difference, this is equivalent to 0:0.

Each couple of games, an odd and an even one, respectively, from the start of playing, can end independently in the same three ways as the first pair. Therefore, the probability that A wins is the probability that he/she wins after i=0,1,... pairs of games that end even.

A pair of games end with A winning both with probability P2

A pair of games end with B winning both with probability (1-p)2

A pair of games end with A:B= 1:1with probability 2P(1-P)

06

Explanation (part b)

A wins in total in an infinite number of mutually exclusive sequences - that the first k=0,1,2,, ... pairs end so that A and B are even, and in the next pair A wins both.

P(Awins")=k=0,1,2,P(kpairs end without lead,k+1.is won byA)

=k=0,1,2,[P(apairofgameshasnowinner)]kP("AA")

=k=0,1,2,[2p(1p)]kp2

This is a geometric sequence, and the following formula is known

k=0,1,2,qk=11q

Thus,

P(Awins")=p2112p(1p)

=p2p2+(1p)2

07

Final Answer (part b)

The probability that A is the winner of the series is =p2p2+(1p)2=p2p2+(1p)2

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