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    MHB Expected number of questions to win a game

    Thankx you. From the book of Wayne winston, I find that,a state i is transient if there is a way to leave state i that never returns to state i. I can move from state 1 to state 0 by giving 4 consecutive wrong answers and again can come back to state 1 by giving right answer. So, is it a...
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    MHB Expected number of questions to win a game

    Thankx for ur great help. But one question, I can't find any transient state in the matrix. Is it possible to implement the above equation if there is no transient state? Could you please suggest me a book to read and understand this scenario of marcov chain in detail? Regards Concept
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    Expected number of questions to win a game

    Yes that's why it is a problem of probability :) His chance of picking the right answer is 1/3, since there are 3 questions per questions. No, it is not a homework problem. I tried but could not solve. If the point to win is 1, then he can make it at the first chance, or after 2 chances, or...
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    MHB Expected number of questions to win a game

    Since there are 3 choices per question, so probability of correct question is 1/3
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    MHB Expected number of questions to win a game

    Let, a person is taking part in a quiz competition. For each question in the quiz, there are 3 answers, and for each correct answer he gets 1 point. When he gets 5 points, he wins the game. If he gives 4 consecutive wrong answers, then his points resets to zero (i.e. if his score is now 4 and...
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    Expected number of questions to win a game

    Let, a person is taking part in a quiz competition. For each questions in the quiz, there are 3 answers, and for each correct answer he gets 1 point. When he gets 5 points, he wins the game. But, if he gives 2 consecutive wrong answers, then his points resets to zero (i.e. if his score is now...
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