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gary wrote at 2007-09-17 06:16:35
Q2 is $30 so that the total expected value of any given roll is 0 (fair to both parties).


Bob wrote at 2011-03-25 00:12:05
I think that the dice question  is thirty dollars.

if you assume that you get a one, a two, a three, a four, a five, and a six, you should break even.


Ahmed Salami wrote at 2011-04-06 10:48:21
Yes, you're both right. I totally ignored the mathematics of expectation back then.


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