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Russian Roulette Firing Strategy

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You and another person are playing Russian roulette. In the first round, there is one bullet loaded randomly. The other person spins, pulls the trigger, and survives. Now it’s your turn: should you fire immediately, or spin again first? What changes if there are two bullets loaded randomly, and what if the two bullets are in adjacent chambers?