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A best-of-9 series is to be played between two teams; that is, the first team to win 5 games is the winner. The Mathletes have a chance of 2/32 / 3 of winning any given game. What is the probability that exactly 7 games will need to be played to determine a winner?
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A best-of-9 series is to be played between two teams; that is, the first team to win 5 games is the winner. The Mathletes have a chance of 2/3 of winning any given game. What is the probability that exactly 7 games will need to be played to determine a winner?
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A best-of-9 series is to be played between two teams; that is, the first team to win 5 games is the winner. The Mathletes have a chance of $2 / 3$ of winning any given game. What is the probability that exactly 7 games will need to be played to determine a winner?

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