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Putnam 2002 B4

  • Session B

An integer nn, unknown to you, has been randomly chosen in the interval [1,2002][1, 2002] with uniform probability. Your objective is to select nn in an odd number of guesses. After each incorrect guess, you are informed whether nn is higher or lower, and you must guess an integer on your next turn among the numbers that are still feasibly correct. Show that you have a strategy so that the chance of winning is greater than 2/32/3.

Curated text Kedlaya Putnam archive. Quoted with source.

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