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manatee
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January 10th, 2007, 1:21 pm

Inspired by the recent Buckeye - Gator game....B and G play a tournament of 48 games. In each game, the probability that B wins is 0.6. At half time, or after 24 games, B is trailing G by 4 games. What is the probability that B still wins the tournament.
 
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January 10th, 2007, 2:26 pm

B must win at least 15 of the remaining gamesThe prob (using binomial dist) is 48.91%P.
 
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January 11th, 2007, 1:29 pm

Paolos:You are indeed correct !M