Toss a coin until you get r consecutive heads or reach a total of s tosses, whichever comes first. X denotes the number of tosses made. We win $X. what is the minmium  fee that should be charged for this game if r = 3 and s = 6.

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1. Toss a coin until you get r consecutive heads or reach a total of s tosses, whichever comes first.
X denotes the number of tosses made. We win $X.

what is the minmium  fee that should be charged for this game if r = 3 and s = 6.

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Probability of head = 1/2

Let x be the number of tosses.

s= number of trials, p= probability of success, r= number of successes.

 

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