Problem 7 Given a class room where the desk are arrange in a 4 × 4 square. Each desk is assigned randomly and independently to a boy or a girl. If a boy found a girl sitting right next to him (up, down left, right), then the boy will start flirting with that girl. Each boy can flirt with multiple girls next to him. For example, the boy at the corner can flirt up to 2 girls at a time. While the boy in the center can flirt up to 4 girls around him. What is the expected number of flirtation? Hint: Split expectation into a sum.
Problem 7 Given a class room where the desk are arrange in a 4 × 4 square. Each desk is assigned randomly and independently to a boy or a girl. If a boy found a girl sitting right next to him (up, down left, right), then the boy will start flirting with that girl. Each boy can flirt with multiple girls next to him. For example, the boy at the corner can flirt up to 2 girls at a time. While the boy in the center can flirt up to 4 girls around him. What is the expected number of flirtation? Hint: Split expectation into a sum.
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Transcribed Image Text:Problem 7 Given a class room where the desk are arrange in a 4 × 4 square.
Each desk is assigned randomly and independently to a boy or a girl. If a boy found
a girl sitting right next to him (up, down left, right), then the boy will start flirting
with that girl. Each boy can flirt with multiple girls next to him. For example, the
boy at the corner can flirt up to 2 girls at a time. While the boy in the center can
flirt up to 4 girls around him. What is the expected number of flirtation?
Hint: Split expectation into a sum.
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