Three Steps to the Fourth Stair
Problem
Climbing a staircase, each step is stair with probability or stairs with probability , independently. Given that the climber lands exactly on stair at some point, find the conditional probability that reaching it took exactly steps.
Answer
Solution
| Difficulty | 5/10 |
|---|---|
| Topics | combinatorics, Counting, probability, Casework |
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