Puzzle for September
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For the sake of this exercise, assume that each team has an equal probability
of winning any one game. The Series is won when any team wins four games.
For those who like more of a challenge, suppose Team A is favored over Team
B. That is on the average, Team A will win 66% of the time and Team B will
win 33% of the time. What are now the probabilities?
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