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A box contains two gold balls and three silver balls. You are allowed to choose successively balls from the box at random. You win 1 dollar | |||
each time you draw a gold ball and lose 1 dollar each time you draw a silver ball. After a draw, the ball is not replaced. Show that, if you draw until you are ahead by 1 dollar or until there are no more gold balls, this is a favorable game. | |||
are allowed to choose successively balls from the box at random. You win 1 dollar | |||
each time you draw a gold ball and lose 1 dollar each time you draw a silver ball. | |||
After a draw, the ball is not replaced. Show that, if you draw until you are ahead | |||
by 1 dollar or until there are no more gold balls, this is a favorable game. | |||
Latest revision as of 17:31, 14 June 2024
A box contains two gold balls and three silver balls. You are allowed to choose successively balls from the box at random. You win 1 dollar each time you draw a gold ball and lose 1 dollar each time you draw a silver ball. After a draw, the ball is not replaced. Show that, if you draw until you are ahead by 1 dollar or until there are no more gold balls, this is a favorable game.