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2019 AMC 12B Question 13

AMC12 · 2019 AMC 12B

Question 13

A red ball and a green ball are randomly and independently tossed into bins numbered with the positive integers so that for each ball, the probability that it is tossed into bin $k$ is $2^{-k}$ for $k=1,$ $2,$ $3,$ $\ldots$ What is the probability that the red ball is tossed into a higher-numbered bin than the green ball?
  1. $\dfrac{1}{4}$
  2. $\dfrac{2}{7}$
  3. $\dfrac{1}{3}$
  4. $\dfrac{3}{8}$
  5. $\dfrac{3}{7}$