Test your skills of deduction with the August 2022 edition of Riddle Me This: Finding Your Seat
You are running late in an airport and are in the very back of the line to board your plane. The plane seats fifty people. The first person in line forgot his seat number and chooses a seat at random when he enters the plane. Each subsequent person will sit in their assigned seat unless it is taken by someone else. If they find their seat already occupied, they will choose another seat at random.
If you are the last person to board the plane, what is the probability that you will get your assigned seat?
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Very clever. I neglected the impossible combinations.
Too bad I can’t use this information when I am running late next time.
So what if the passengers did not pick at random but stayed away from middle seats and back of the plane seats? Then the probability would be very good if you had a middle seat in the last row and a very poor chance of you had an exit row aisle or window seat.