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Problem 19
Each of 2010 boxes in a line contains a single red marble, and for , the box in the position also contains white marbles. Isabella begins at the first box and successively draws a single marble at random from each box, in order. She stops when she first draws a red marble. Let be the probability that Isabella stops after drawing exactly marbles. What is the smallest value of for which ?
Solution
The probability of drawing a white marble from box is . The probability of drawing a red marble from box is .
The probability of drawing a red marble at box is therefore
It is then easy to see that the lowest integer value of that satisfies the inequality is .