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HMMT 2023 C10

  • Combinatorics
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Let x0=x101=0x_{0}=x_{101}=0. The numbers x1,x2,…,x100x_{1}, x_{2}, \ldots, x_{100} are chosen at random from the interval [0,1][0,1] uniformly and independently. Compute the probability that 2xi≥xi−1+xi+12 x_{i} \geq x_{i-1}+x_{i+1} for all i=1,2,…i=1,2, \ldots, 100.

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\frac{1}{100 \cdot 100!^{2}}\binom{200}{99}

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