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The Nature of Mathematics – 13th Edition

Fair game

Section 13.2: Mathematical Expectation

September 25, 2015July 20, 2015 by elaine

13.2 Outline

  1. Expected value
    1. expected value (expectation)
    2. fair game
    3. mathematical expectation
  2. Expectation with a cost of playing
    1. definition
    2. roulette wheel and board

 

13.2 Essential Ideas

If an event E has several possible outcomes with probabilities p1, p… See the whole entry

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