More Absent-Minded Passengers

MaRDI QIDQ6338311zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jacob A. Boswell, Jacob N. Clark, Chip Curtis

Publication date 7 April 2020

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Recreational mathematics (00A08) Combinatorial probability (60C05)

Abstract: We offer a formula for the probability distribution of the number of misseated airplane passengers resulting from the presence of multiple absent-minded passengers, given the number of seats available and the number of absent-minded passengers. This extends the work of Henze and Last on the absent-minded passenger problem.

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