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Duel (Posted on 2003-03-06) Difficulty: 3 of 5

One day your rival invites you out to an old fashion duel. The rules are as follows:

-You each take turns shooting each other.
-The duel stops when one person hits the other.
-Both of you are honourable enough to not take shots out of your turn.
-The probability of one person hitting the other is 1/2 and is independent of the probability of the other person hitting you.

Clearly, whoever shoots first has a distinct advantage. So your friends suggests flipping a coin for it. Little did you know that your rival uses a coin rigged in such a way that the probability of getting heads is only 1/3.

If you chose heads, what is the probability of you winning the duel?

See The Solution Submitted by np_rt    
Rating: 3.3333 (6 votes)

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  Subject Author Date
SolutionPuzzle SolutionK Sengupta2008-05-14 15:53:26
AnswerK Sengupta2008-05-13 05:53:46
another methodCory Taylor2003-03-07 04:49:25
SolutionsolutionCharlie2003-03-07 04:08:18
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