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Revision as of 21:47, 10 February 2010
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 
.
