I appreciate the time and effort, FactChecker, mfb, and .Scott. The termination picture has no duration. I had estimated the average duration to be 95 or 96 minutes both by changing the pictures that lasted 5 minutes into 15 pictures each that lasted the same 20 seconds that every other...
mastrofoffi, I want to determine the expected average duration of the slideshow. It can end in 2 ways. One of the 10 designated pictures can show or 2 hours and 40 minutes can elapse. If a picture shows that would take it past 2 hours and 40 minutes, it would end at 2 hours and 40 minutes...
A question I have that is indirectly related is that I want to find a randomized slideshow that allows all pictures to always have the same chance of occurring, no matter how many times they’ve shown. It seems like that would be simpler to program. The only ones I'm familiar with, including...
I may have been misleading in the first description of my problem. It is average time that I want to measure, not the average number of trials. It's a randomized slideshow in which no picture can repeat and each picture stays on the screen for differing durations. A simplified version would...
A simple example would be to take a deck of 52 cards and deal them out until the ace of spades is seen except that I'd quit after I saw 20 cards. I'm not very sophisticated in programming. I use GW Basic, which has been generally adequate, and I have much experience with Excel and Lotus...