Question

4. Starcraft 2 player Serral won 36 out of his last 45 matches in high-level play. Continuing with that level of competition, where each match ends in a win or a loss, answer the following queries. (a) If Serral is scheduled to play exactly 6 games, what is the probability that Serral will lose at most 2 games. (b) If the venue instead has players keep playing until their first loss, what is the probability that Serral will have a win streak of at least 4 games

Answer 1

Starcraft

a) Probability of losing at most 2 games = 33%

b) Probability of winning at least 4 games = 67%

Explanation:

a) To lose 2 out of 6 games, the probability is 2/6 x 100 = 33.333%

b) To win at least 4 games out of 6, the probability is 4/6 x 100 = 66.667%

c) Since Serral is playing 6 games, for her to lose at most 2 of the games is described as a probability in this form 2/6 x 100. This shows the chance that 2 of the games out of 6 could be lost by Serral. On the other hand, the probability of Serral winning at least 4 of the 6 games is given as 4/6 x 100. It implies that there is a chance, 4 out of 6, that Serral would win the game.