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Problem of the Week 1091

A Close Election

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Candidates Alice and Bob in an election receive 11 votes and 10 votes, respectively. If the votes are counted in random order, what is the probability that Alice never trails?

Source: A classic result from discrete probability.

© Copyright 2008 Andrew Beveridge and Stan Wagon. Reproduced with permission.

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21 February 2008