5 / 3 is improper fraction.
To change it into mixed fraction you have to divide 5 by 3.
i.e. 1 is the quotient, 3 is the divisor, 5 is the dividend, and 2 is the reminder.

To write it in the mixed fraction you will only need the quotient, remainder and divisor.
First you will write quotient in the middle then the remainder divided by divisor
i.e. 1 2/3 where 1 is quotient, 2 is remainder and 3 is divisor.

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Two teams A and B play a series of games until one team wins three games. We assume that the games are played independently and

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Answer:

The probability that the series lasts exactly four games is $3p(1-p)(p^{2} + (1 - p)^{2})$

Step-by-step explanation:

For each game, there are only two possible outcomes. Either team A wins, or team A loses. Games are played independently. This means that we use the binomial probability distribution to solve this question.

Binomial probability distribution

The binomial probability is the probability of exactly x successes on n repeated trials, and X can only have two outcomes.

$P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}$

In which $C_{n,x}$ is the number of different combinations of x objects from a set of n elements, given by the following formula.

$C_{n,x} = \frac{n!}{x!(n-x)!}$

And p is the probability of X happening.

We also need to know a small concept of independent events.

Independent events:

If two events, A and B, are independent, we have that:

$P(A \cap B) = P(A)*P(B)$

What is the probability that the series lasts exactly four games?

This happens if A wins in 4 games of B wins in 4 games.

Probability of A winning in exactly four games:

In the first two games, A must win 2 of them. Also, A must win the fourth game. So, two independent events:

Event A: A wins two of the first three games.

Event B: A wins the fourth game.

P(A):

A wins any game with probability p. 3 games, so n = 3. We have to find P(A) = P(X = 2).

$P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}$

$P(A) = P(X = 2) = C_{3,2}.p^{2}.(1-p)^{1} = 3p^{2}(1-p)$

P(B):

The probability that A wins any game is p, so P(B) = p.

Probability that A wins in 4:

A and B are independent, so:

$P(A4) = P(A)*P(B) = 3p^{2}(1-p)*p = 3p^{3}(1-p)$

Probability of B winning in exactly four games:

In the first three games, A must win one and B must win 2. The fourth game must be won by 2. So

Event A: A wins one of the first three.

Event B: B wins the fourth game.

P(A)

P(X = 1).

$P(X = x) = C_{n,x}.p^{x}.(1-p)^{n-x}$

$P(A) = P(X = 1) = C_{3,1}.p^{1}.(1-p)^{2} = 3p(1-p)^{2}$

P(B)

B wins each game with probability 1 - p, do P(B) = 1 - p.

Probability that B wins in 4:

A and B are independent, so:

$P(B4) = P(A)*P(B) = 3p(1-p)^{2}*(1-p) = 3p(1-p)^{3}$

Probability that the series lasts exactly four games:

$p = P(A4) + P(B4) = 3p^{3}(1-p) + 3p(1-p)^{3} = 3p(1-p)(p^{2} + (1 - p)^{2})$

The probability that the series lasts exactly four games is $3p(1-p)(p^{2} + (1 - p)^{2})$

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