Did you solve it? How many will the zombie outbreak infect?
by Alex Bellos from on (#RNR3)
Will we all be eating brains by sunset, or will the virus die out of its own accord? Here's the solution to today's puzzle about the zombie virus
Earlier today I set you a Halloween puzzle with the following set-up:
An infected zombie has a 1/3 chance of passing the infection to a single human, a 1/3 chance of passing the infection to two humans, and a 1/3 chance of passing the infection to no one. No one in the UK is infected by the zombie virus until a single zombie arrives.
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