You play musical chairs with 24 other people. The game starts in the first round with 28 chairs. However, the game soon descends into chaos!
The probability that you will win is . What is the value of ?
Leave your answer as a decimal to 2 decimal places.
Note: The events described above in bullet points occur in addition to the removal of a chair every round and other rules stated below.
In musical chairs, players have to sit down on a chair by the end of the round. If a player isn't able to find a chair to sit down on by the end of the round, they are eliminated from the game. Every round, a chair is removed. The game ends when there is only one chair remaining, and the winner is the player that sits on the final chair. Each player has an equal chance of finding a chair.
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