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Quit While You're Ahead (Posted on 2003-11-10) Difficulty: 2 of 5
Two men are playing Russian roulette using a pistol with six chambers.
A single bullet is used and the chamber is spun after every turn.

What is the probability that the first man will lose?

See The Solution Submitted by DJ    
Rating: 3.5556 (9 votes)

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re(3): Inconclusive :-) | Comment 16 of 23 |
(In reply to re(2): Inconclusive :-) by Hal9000)

No harm in it... but Hal... how is it that you managed to avoid the almost unavoidable results after having been made aware of this film?
Edited on November 11, 2003, 3:10 pm
  Posted by SilverKnight on 2003-11-11 15:08:15

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