2021 Combo Div 1 P2 (Div 2 P6)
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March 2, 2021
combinatorics
Problem Statement
Adam is playing Minesweeper on a grid of squares, where exactly (or 27) of the squares are mines (generated uniformly at random over all such boards). Every time he clicks on a square, it is either a mine, in which case he loses, or it shows a number saying how many of the (up to eight) adjacent squares are mines.First, he clicks the square directly above the center square, which shows the number . Next, he clicks the square directly below the center square, which shows the number . What is the probability that the center square is a mine?Proposed by Adam Bertelli