Re: I lost my Boarding pass
When the last passenger boards the plane, there are just two possibilities: the one remaining seat may be his or that of the first passenger. Under the assumption that no preference has been exhibited by the boarding passengers towards either of the two seats, they both have the same probability to become the last unoccupied seat: 50%
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suresh
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
[QUOTE=psuresh1982;14640]When the last passenger boards the plane, there are just two possibilities: the one remaining seat may be his or that of the first passenger. Under the assumption that no preference has been exhibited by the boarding passengers towards either of the two seats, they both have the same probability to become the last unoccupied seat: 50%
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suresh[/QUOTE]
Hi,
I was also thinking like you. But it looks like the answer is wrong... [:(].
But now I am clear with the right approach and i know the answer [:)].
I would like to give one more chance to you all to find the right answer[;)]
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
Well i guess its 99%.
for the second person who gets in has 1% possibility of his seat being occupied cz there is only one person who might sit there.
For the third person, there is 2% of possibility of his seat being occupied cz there are 2 people already there.
Likewise for the last person, it's 99% because there are 99 people and any of them can be occupied.
Is it correct???
:confused:
_Niki_
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
nice q? yar .... can u tell me ans?
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
hi friend..
As per my view let the first passenger to wait until all the passengers with boarding pass are seated ...finally one seat will be empty and its easy to find out the seat of the passenger who lost his pass...
I have provided the answer because of the following line
"The first passenger in the line has lost his boarding pass, but was allowed in, regardless"
here it is stated that passenger is allowed in but no idea whether he was seated or not..
james if i am wrong then tell me where i am wrong
Thanks
Deepasree
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
Deepa,
When the last passenger boards the plane, there are just two possibilities:
1.The one remaining seat may be his or that of the first passenger.
2.Under the assumption that no preference has been exhibited by the boarding passengers towards either of the two seats, they both have the same probability to become the last unoccupied seat: 50%.
3. 98 * 1/2 * 1/100 + 1/100 = 1/2
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Gokulakrishnan K
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
hi friend..
The first person is the person who lost his boarding pass... based on that i can't get your point "When the last passenger boards the plane, there are just two possibilities:".. all the passengers are holding the boarding pass except the first
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Deepasree
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
Deepa,
99 people had boarding pass.
only one person is not having the pass.
what is the probable for only one seat.
i.e either the seat is his or the lost one.
So the P(event) = 1/2
Probabilty of any event is always 1. Say P(A)
Because it may happen or not.
P(A)+P(-A)=1
Thanks
G K
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
hi,
a very detailed explanation
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Sushma
Re: I lost my Boarding pass
hi
As its a sold out flight, with 100 seats or say 100 passes there is no probabibility that the last or first occupant finds it unoccupied ..
correct me if iam wrong....
thanks
Simrran