EBK FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY, A
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Chapter 4, Problem 4.30P
A person tosses a fair coin until a tail appears for the first time. If the tail appears on the nth flip, the person wins
a. Would you be willing to pay $1 million to play this game once?
b. Would you be willing to pay $1 million for each game if you could play for as long as you liked and only had to settle up when you stopped playing?
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EBK FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY, A
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