Category: General

payoff of a coin flip is $2^N$

We have a fair coin. The game ends when we get a head. the payoff is $2^N$ where N is the number of flips until we get the head. What is the expected valu...

Solving inequality $x^3-4x>0$

I was sort of finding the roots by doing $x^3-4x>0=x(x^2-4)$ $x = 0, x = -2,x = 2$ for $$x(x-2)(x+2)>0$$ Then I stopped and thought; maybe I shouldn...