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- From: blanton@mksol.dseg.ti.com (John F Blanton)
- Subject: Desperate situation
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.183234.20186@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Sender: blanton@lobby.ti.com (John Blanton)
- Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:32:34 GMT
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- THIS IS A HOMEWORK PROBLEM
-
- The game of Russian roulette consists of the following steps:
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- a. Load a 6-shot revolver with 1 bullet and 5 empty chambers.
- b. Spin the cylinder.
- c. Point the gun at your head and pull the trigger.
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- On the average, how many times can one person play this game
- (steps a, b, c)?
-
- This assignment is due at 5 PM today. Our class started out with
- a mix of theorists and experimentalists. Now all of the
- experimentalists are dead, and the theorists are confused.
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- We need help.
-
- (solution tomorrow)
-
- John Blanton
- blanton@lobby.ti.com
-