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Coin Tossing Games
You and I play a game involving successive throws of a fair coin. Suppose I pick HH and you pick TH. The coin is thrown repeatedly until we see either two heads in a row (I win) or a tail followed by a head (you win). What is the probability that you win?
Age 14 to 16
Challenge Level
A star is placed in the bottom right hand corner of a grid. You toss a coin and
- if it is heads you move the star one square up
- if it is tails you move the star one square to the left
If after tossing the coin the star would move off the grid you stop.
What is the probability that you end up in the top left-hand corner of the grid for 2 x 2, 3 x 3, 4 x 4 and n x n grids?
NRICH is part of the family of activities in the Millennium Mathematics Project.