A rat is placed in room F or room B of the maze shown in the figure.
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A rat is placed in room F or room B of the maze shown in the figure. The rat wanders from room to room until it enters one of the rooms containing food, L or R.
Assume that the rat chooses an exit from a room at random and that once it enters a room with food it never leaves.
(A) What is the long-run probability that a rat placed in room B ends up in room R?
(B) What is the average number of exits that a rat placed in room B will choose until it finds food?
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College Mathematics For Business Economics, Life Sciences, And Social Sciences
ISBN: 978-0134674148
14th Edition
Authors: Raymond Barnett, Michael Ziegler, Karl Byleen, Christopher Stocker
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