The Cubs are playing the Red Sox in the World Series. To win the world series, a team must win 4 games before the other team does. If the Cubs win each game with probability 1/4 and there are no ties, what is the probability that the Cubs will win the World Series? Express your answer as a percent rounded to the nearest whole percent.
The Cubs are playing the Red Sox in the World Series. To win the world series, a team must win 4 games before the other team does. If the Cubs win each game with probability 1/4 and there are no ties, what is the probability that the Cubs will win the World Series? Express your answer as a percent rounded to the nearest whole percent.
Read the set up: "If the Cubs win each game with probability 1/4..."
If the Cubs win each game, it doesn't matter what the probability had
been that they would have won each game. A win is a win and that's
all that matters. The Cubs sweep the Series in four games. 100%.
