You draw two cards from a deck and win the following: $200 if you draw any pair $50 if you draw two cards of the same suit $0 if you draw anything else a) What is your expected winnings? b) Now assume you are required to pay a $30 fee to play. Should you play? Why?

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2.  You draw two cards from a deck and win the following:

  • $200 if you draw any pair
  • $50 if you draw two cards of the same suit
  • $0 if you draw anything else

a) What is your expected winnings?

b) Now assume you are required to pay a $30 fee to play. Should you play? Why?

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There are 13 denominations. We can pick a denomination for the pair in 13 ways.

When the denomination is picked then there are 4 cards of the same denomination.

We can pick any 2 cards from them in 4C2=6 ways

So total number of ways to pick any pair is= 13×6=78

 

 

There are 4 suits. We can pick a suit in 4 ways. In a suit, there are 13 cards. We can pick 2 cards from 13 cards in 13C2=78 ways

So the total number of ways to pick two cards of the same suit is=4×78=312

 

 

We can draw any 2 cards from 52 cards in 52C2=326 ways

So there are (326-78-312)=936 ways to get other.

 

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