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Meeting in a Tournament

A tennis tournament is organized for \(2^n\) players where each round is single elimination with \(n\) rounds. Two players are chosen at random.

  1. What is the chance that they meet in the first round or second round ?
  2. What is the chance they meet in the final or semi-final ?
  3. What is the chance they do not meet at all ?

 

[Sudov and Kelbert, p4 problem 1.2]


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