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AMC 12 2019b Problem 13

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A red ball and a green ball are randomly and independently tossed into bins numbered with the positive integers so that for each ball, the probability that it is tossed into bin kk is 2−k2^{-k} for k=1,2,3....k = 1,2,3.... What is the probability that the red ball is tossed into a higher-numbered bin than the green ball?

(A) 14(B) 27(C) 13(D) 38(E) 37\textbf{(A) } \frac{1}{4} \textbf{(B) } \frac{2}{7} \textbf{(C) } \frac{1}{3} \textbf{(D) } \frac{3}{8} \textbf{(E) } \frac{3}{7}

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