SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question:Two men and three women are in a tournament. Those of the same sex have equal probabilities of winning, but each man is twice as likely to win as
Algebra.Com
Question 874935: Please help me solve this question:Two men and three women are in a tournament. Those of the same sex have equal probabilities of winning, but each man is twice as likely to win as any women. Find the probability that a woman wins the tournament.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
p(man winning) = 2/3, p(woman winning) = 1/3 , n = 5: 2M, 3W
P(W winning) = P(2M and 2W losing and 1W winning) =
RELATED QUESTIONS
It's Math 243 (Intro Probabil & Stats).
The question: The heights of women aged 20 to... (answered by Boreal,rothauserc)
Two male and three female students attempt to solve the same problem in probability.... (answered by ikleyn)
Ok people, let's have some fun with algebra! See if you can solve this fun question.... (answered by stanbon,MathTherapy)
There are 6 men and 4 women in club. A team of 4 members has to be
chosen. Find the... (answered by VFBundy)
Please help me
In a study of pregnant women and their ability to correctly predict... (answered by Boreal)
Hi, Im having a trouble regarding permutations and combinations when the questions are... (answered by Boreal,ikleyn)
Three men and four women are to line up for a picture with the three men in the middle.... (answered by Edwin McCravy)
the problem is. The percentage of law degrees earned by women has steadily increased over (answered by stanbon)
1. A committee of 5 is to be formed from a group of 6 men and 5 women. if this... (answered by srinivas.g)