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Separate disjoint prizes and subtract the entry fee once
A biased tetrahedral die is thrown onto a table; X is the number on the face in contact with the table. Its distribution is
| x | |
|---|---|
| −1 | |
| 0 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 |
(i) and are independent observations of X, and . Show that .
(ii) A player pays 2 dollars to throw two such dice. The player receives 16 dollars if the maximum score is −1, or 3 dollars if the sum is prime, and receives nothing otherwise. Find the expected gain.
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CJC · Discussion · Question 8
Enumerate the possible prime sums from the actual support before calculating the prize probability.