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A team has the probability of winning one out of every six games What is the minimum number of games the team should play to have a fair chance of winning atleast one game?
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∙ 13y ago
A fair chance of winning is more than 50% chance of winning.
Therefore probability = 0.5
We need to find a fair chance of winning atleast one match.
1-(5/6)^n > 0.5
hence, n=4
QED (quite easily done, :-p)
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