Suppose that 100 lottery tickets are given out in sequence to the first 100 guests to arrive at a party. Of these 100 tickets, only 18 are winning tickets. The generalized pigeonhole principle guarantees that there must be a streak of at least l losing tickets in a row. Find l.

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anonymous · Answer

i am going to say 5

anonymous · Answer

yes satellite it is thank you i figured it out after i post this question but thank you any way

anonymous · Answer

is it right? i wouldn't bet much money on it

anonymous · Answer

average is $\frac{50}{18}$ and at least one has to be larger than the average, so it might actually by 6

anonymous · Answer

82/18 gives you 4.55 which is 5. yup you are right. thank you.