2000 AMC 8 竞赛试题/第21题
Problem
Keiko tosses one penny and Ephraim tosses two pennies. The probability that Ephraim gets the same number of heads that Keiko gets is
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Solution
Let
be the probability that Keiko gets
heads, and let
be the probability that Ephriam gets
heads.
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(Keiko only has one penny!)
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(because Ephraim can get HT or TH)
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The probability that Keiko gets
heads and Ephriam gets
heads is
. Similarly for
head and
heads. Thus, we have:
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Thus the answer is
.
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