Article RNR3 Did you solve it? How many will the zombie outbreak infect?

Did you solve it? How many will the zombie outbreak infect?

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Alex Bellos
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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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