Statistics: Probabilities in a tennis match
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A plays tennis against B. During a given game, the score reaches deuce. Each player then needs to score two more points than the other to win the game. Assuming that each point is independently won by A with probability P, what is the probability they will have to play a total of 2n points to end the game? What is the probability that A will win the game?
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A plays tennis against B. During a given game, the score reaches deuce. Each player then needs to score two more points than the other to win the game. Assuming that each point is independently won by A with probability P, what is the probability they will have to play a total of 2n points to end the game? What is the probability that A will win the game?
Let A be the event of A winning the point, and B be the event of B ...
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