document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1182055>Question 1182055</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In the game of Plinko, contestants drop a disk into one of the slots at the top of the upright board. The disk is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "equally likely to go left or right at each peg it encounters. The board shown below, which will be used for the <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a) Determine the probability that a disk lands in the $5000 prize slot given that it is dropped from: [4 marks]<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "b) If the contestant has 4 disks, and assuming the contestant knows the optimal position to drop the disk, what is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "the probability that they win $20,000? [1 mark </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How far below the disk is shown ?\r<BR>\n" );
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