Suppose that you want to collect eight toy boats (all of the same kind) which are included in one out of every three cereal boxes. What is the probability that you will find the last one in your 20th cereal box?

Suppose that you want to collect eight toy boats (all of the same kind) which are included in one out of every three cereal boxes. What is the probability that you will find the last one in your 20th cereal box?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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