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Pete and Jimmy (Posted on 2023-12-29) Difficulty: 3 of 5
Old Jimmy and young Pete are both tennis champions. They have played each other many times, each winning exactly half of the matches. When both are fresh Jimmy is much the better player, but he tires rapidly so his probability of winning the kth set is pk, where p is the probability that he wins the first set.

If they always play best-of-five matches, what is the value of p?

See The Solution Submitted by K Sengupta    
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  Subject Author Date
SolutionI finally figured it outLarry2024-01-01 14:08:52
re: I see my errorSteven Lord2023-12-29 15:15:24
I see my errorLarry2023-12-29 15:05:48
closed formSteven Lord2023-12-29 14:53:56
Solutioncomputer solutionCharlie2023-12-29 13:11:42
re: SolutionSteven Lord2023-12-29 12:18:48
Some ThoughtsSolutionLarry2023-12-29 11:52:55
solnSteven Lord2023-12-29 11:39:52
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