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4.2 Exercise 3

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Suppose you play a game with a biased coin. You play each game by tossing the coin once. P(heads) = 2 3 \frac{2}{3} and P(tails) = 1 3 \frac{1}{3}. If you toss a head, you pay $6. If you toss a tail, you win $10. If you play this game many times, will you come out ahead?

a. Define a random variable X.

OpenStax Statistics, 4.2 Mean or Expected Value and Standard Deviation, exercise 3

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