Expectation & Indicators

Linearity of expectation, indicators, LOTUS, conditional expectation, and tail sums.

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1. Drunk Student #1
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2. Croissant or Muffin
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Easy 30%
3. Two Rolls Payoff
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Easy 50%
4. Kelly Size on an In-Between Bet
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Medium —
5. Free Throws That Reinforce Themselves
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Medium —
6. One Free Redo
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Medium —
7. Dice vs Coins
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Medium —
8. First Ace
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Medium —
9. Coins Left After Pairing Off
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Medium —
10. Flowers in Bloom
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Medium —
11. Dice With Same Numbers
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Medium —
12. How Long the Drunk Walk Lasts
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Medium —
13. The Highest Face
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Medium —
14. Two Consecutive Fives
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Medium —
15. Pricing the Tail You Cannot See
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Medium —
16. Rolls Until Something Repeats
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Medium —
17. Fair Prize for Five Descending Cards
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Medium —
18. Three Blue Orbs
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Medium —
19. When to Stop Re-Rolling the d100
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20. Dice Game
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21. Free Ticket
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Hard —
22. Free Throws, Given a Make
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Hard —
23. Continuous Blackjack Threshold
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Insane —
24. Wald on the Reshuffling Deck
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Insane —
25. Which Deck Still Holds More Red
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