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HMMT 2003 C7

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You have infinitely many boxes, and you randomly put 3 balls into them. The boxes are labeled 1,2,…1,2, \ldots. Each ball has probability 1/2n1 / 2^{n} of being put into box nn. The balls are placed independently of each other. What is the probability that some box will contain at least 2 balls?

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\frac{5}{7}

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