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Larry and Julius are playing a game, taking turns throwing a ball at a bottle sitting on a ledge. Larry throws first. The winner is the first person to knock the bottle off the ledge. At each turn the probability that a player knocks the bottle off the ledge is <math>\tfrac{1}{2}</math>, independently of what has happened before. What is the probability that Larry wins the game? | Larry and Julius are playing a game, taking turns throwing a ball at a bottle sitting on a ledge. Larry throws first. The winner is the first person to knock the bottle off the ledge. At each turn the probability that a player knocks the bottle off the ledge is <math>\tfrac{1}{2}</math>, independently of what has happened before. What is the probability that Larry wins the game? | ||
| − | <math>\textbf{(A)}\; | + | <math>\textbf{(A)}\; \dfrac{1}{2} \qquad\textbf{(B)}\; \dfrac{3}{5} \qquad\textbf{(C)}\; \dfrac{2}{3} \qquad\textbf{(D)}\; \dfrac{3}{4} \qquad\textbf{(E)}\; \dfrac{4}{5}</math> |
==Solution== | ==Solution== | ||
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Problem
Larry and Julius are playing a game, taking turns throwing a ball at a bottle sitting on a ledge. Larry throws first. The winner is the first person to knock the bottle off the ledge. At each turn the probability that a player knocks the bottle off the ledge is 
, independently of what has happened before. What is the probability that Larry wins the game?
Solution
See Also
| 2015 AMC 12B (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | |
| Preceded by Problem 8 |
Followed by Problem 10 |
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| All AMC 12 Problems and Solutions | |
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