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Five players compete in a table tennis tournament such that each player plays every other player exactly once...........

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Five players compete in a table tennis tournament such that each player plays every other player exactly once. There are no draws in these matches. In each game both players have the same probability of winning, and the result of one game does not influence the outcome of the others.
What is the probability that some player will win all of her games?

posted Mar 6, 2023 by Pardeep Kohli

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