and play a best-of-seven match (first to win four games wins), and each is equally likely to win any game. The probability that the match ends in games is
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4 marks, −1StatisticsProbability and Bayes' theoremRepeated trials: binomial and geometric probabilitiesModerateabout 3 min
DSE 2020 Question 14: Probability and Bayes' theorem
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A and B play a best-of-seven match (first to win four games wins), and each is equally likely to win any game. The probability that the match ends in 6 games is (A) less than the probability that it ends in 7 games (B) equal to the probability that it ends in 7 games (C) greater than the probability that it ends in 7 games (D) None of these
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This question is on Repeated trials: binomial and geometric probabilities, part of Probability and Bayes' theorem in Statistics.
Probabilities from independent repeated experiments.
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