A person invests $3 in a market in which he may gain $1 with probability or may lose $1 with probability in a period independently. • What is the probability that the person ever goes broke? • What is the expected time periods to broke? go

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Section12.3: Conditional Probability; Independent Events; Bayes' Theorem
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A person invests $3 in a market in which he may gain $1 with probability or
may lose $1 with probability in a period independently.
• What is the probability that the person ever goes
broke?
• What is the expected time periods to go
broke?
Transcribed Image Text:A person invests $3 in a market in which he may gain $1 with probability or may lose $1 with probability in a period independently. • What is the probability that the person ever goes broke? • What is the expected time periods to go broke?
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