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Bangladesh & India are playing a five match odi series.If any team wins first matches,then the series is over. The two teams are equally strong.What is the probability that the series will be over in matches?
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1 solution
There are 2 cases when that happens: Bangladesh wins 3 times in a row or India wins 3 times in a row. Each of these cases have probability 1/8. Then the answer is 1/4