Nice explanation

On 9月12日, 下午2时39分, bas <[email protected]> wrote:
> Let f(k) be the expected number of packs we need to buy if we still
> don't have k cards (or we have C-k cards).
> To solve the problem we need to find f(C). Note: f(0)=0.
>
> In the first example C=2;
> When we buy the first pack, we will get one of the cards we need with
> the probability 1.
> f(2)=1*f(1)+1
> means that we expect to buy that many packs to get all the cards we
> need. But we still don't know f(1).
> For k=1 we have one card we need, and we need to find the other one.
> When we buy this next pack, we will get the card we already have with
> a probability 1/2 and the card we need with prob 1/2.
> f(1)=1/2*f(1)+1/2*f(0)+1
> Then: f(1)=2; f(2)=3
>
> On Sep 11, 9:54 pm, qasim zeeshan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> > First of all congrats to all who made it to next round.
>
> > I have seen some codes for Problem C. but didn't understand. Can anyone
> > please explain both example test cases for Problem C.
>
> > Thanks
>
> > --
> > Qasim Zeeshan

--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"google-codejam" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected]
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected]
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---

Reply via email to