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Homework Statement
Your Toronto Maple Leafs won 45 of 82 games last season giving them a winning percentage of 55%.
If we assume that this means the probability of the Leafs winning any given game is 0:55, then we
can predict how they may have done in a playoff series. Answer the following questions to determine
the probability that the Leafs would have won a best of 7 playoff series (i.e., won 4 games) had they
made the playoffs.
(a) Rephrase this question in terms of sequences of 0s and 1s. What is the shortest length of a
sequence? What is the longest length of a sequence?
(b) Calculate the number of sequences which correspond to the Leafs winning the series. Note that
the answer is not C(7; 4).
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
need help on b i get 35 but i don't use c(7;4) directly, i am unsure if i am using it in this calculation,
4-1 series is 4C1. In a 4-2 series 5C2 = 10. Finally, for the 4-3 series 6C3 = 20.
and up for total number of sequense they can win the series