document.write( "Question 976608: In a series of 5 games to be played between 2 equally matched teams, the first
\n" ); document.write( "team to win 3 games becomes the champion. Team A has won the first game. The
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\n" ); document.write( "Since there are 5 games, Team A won the first game. There are 4 more games left. Two more games till Team A wins or three more games till Team B wins. So obviously the probability of Team A winning is higher than Team B winning. \n" ); document.write( "
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In a series of 5 games to be played between 2 equally matched teams, the first
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\n" ); document.write( "Binomial Problem with n = 5 and p(win) = 0.5
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\n" ); document.write( "P(A wins 2 of 4) = 4C2*0.5^2*0.5^2 = 6*0.25^2 = 0.375 = 3/8
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