a man has n keys that one will open the door. if he randomly tries the keys, discarding those that don’t work, what is the probability of A = he will open the door on his ith try? B = What if he does not discard previously tried keys?

a man has n keys that one will open the door. if he randomly tries the keys, discarding those that don’t work, what is the probability of A = he will open the door on his ith try? B = What if he does not discard previously tried keys?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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a man has n keys that one will open the door. if he randomly tries the keys, discarding those that don’t work, what is the probability of

A = he will open the door on his ith try?
B = What if he does not discard previously tried keys?

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