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Old 08-06-2003, 07:54 AM
BruceZ BruceZ is offline
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Default Re: There\'s more to this one!

961/[ 1 + 2*(10/37) + 3*(10/37)^2 + 4*(10/37)^3) ] = 523 flips.

That should be:

961 / [ 1 + (10/37) + (10/37)^2 + (10/37)^3 +... ]

= 961*(1 - 10/37) = 701

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