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Old 10-06-2004, 02:19 PM
BradleyT BradleyT is offline
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Default Re: Card Game

1. First position is the only one that is guaranteed to always have a chance to win the car.

2. Again first position is the only one guaranteed to have a chance however the ability to redraw in a later position probably increases your odds. The 52nd person would never win because the odds of the 51st, 50th, 49th, 48th, etc not picking the ace are astronomical.

No clue how to solve the 2nd but I'd assume you'd say something like:
Player 1 has 1/52 chance
Player 2 has 2/52 chance
If I'm player 3 I have 3/52 chance on my picks but to get my chance players one and 2 have to fail so my odds are X%.

As a guess I'd say position 4.
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