Problem 1268. Penny flipping - calculate winning probability (easy)
Two players are playing a fair penny flipping game. For each flip, the winner adds one penny from the loser's collection to his/her collection. This continues until one player runs out of pennies and loses the game.
Calculate the probability of winning for the first player, given the first player's number of coins, m, and the second player's number of coins, n.
Example:
Input: m = 1, n =1 Output: 0.50
Solution Stats
Problem Comments
-
1 Comment
Asif Newaz
on 13 Dec 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler%27s_ruin#Fair_coin_flipping
Solution Comments
Show commentsProblem Recent Solvers180
Suggested Problems
-
374 Solvers
-
Sum the elements in either diagonal of a square matrix
209 Solvers
-
279 Solvers
-
The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything
519 Solvers
-
734 Solvers
More from this Author7
Problem Tags
Community Treasure Hunt
Find the treasures in MATLAB Central and discover how the community can help you!
Start Hunting!