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Old 05-29-2007, 03:55 PM
Silent A Silent A is offline
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Default Re: fun probability question from an old Putnam

Initial guess: very very low.

Reason: the distribution will be bi-modal with lots of high and low totals because as soon as he gets above or below 50% (most noteably after the third shot) his precentage will steadily drift away from 50%.
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