Putnam 2014 A4
- Session A
Suppose is a random variable that takes on only nonnegative integer values, with , , and . (Here denotes the expectation of the random variable .) Determine the smallest possible value of the probability of the event .
Dataset text Putnam 1995 to 2025. Quoted with source.
Solutions
Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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