How to solve this basic probability question

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I am playing a game,I have 10 boxes. Exactly one of the boxes contains a pill ,the game ends as soon as I guess the correct box(i,e. the box containing the pill).
Even if I make an incorrect guess, I get few more chances to make my guess and the most important thing to note is:-I don't remember the box I selected last time. 🙂

After each incorrect guess, 10 more empty boxes get added to the whole set. 🙁 Thus, making the process more difficult. :((

Now, I have to calculate the probability of this game ending in 3rd move.

Also, I want to calculate the probability of this game ending in 4th move .

My work:- Probability of this game ending in 1 move:- 1/10(as I randomly select 1 box out of the ten boxes)

Probability of this game ending in 2nd move :- (9/10)*(1/20) .
Explanation, as the game ends in 2nd move, not the first move, there are 9/10 chances that we will reach the 2nd move(step). And after reaching that move, we select 1 box from the 20 boxes(as 10 boxes are added after each incorrect guess,we have now, a total of 20 boxes) in front of us.

Please help!

Best Answer

I think you have the answer by your own method. As you said,the possiblity that game end after n times,should be $9/10*19/20*29/30*...*(10(n-1)-1)/(10(n-1))*1/10n$

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