Consider the gambler's ruin problem. Alice starts with £a; her opponent Bob starts with £(m - a). In each round, Alice wins £1 from Bob with probability p, or loses £1 to Bob with probability q = 1 - p. Alice ruins if she is reduced to £0; Bob ruins if he is reduced to £0, which means Alice would have £m. Let X denote the amount of money in pounds that Alice has after n rounds. Consider the stochastic process (Xn). pri+1 ri+qri-1 = 0 for i = 1, 2,..., m - 1, Τα pm - pa pm - 1 Bob gives Alice the opportunity to instead play a different game where the winnings or losses are just 50p per round, still with the same probabilities p and q. For what values of p should Alice prefer to pay this new game? fp

Consider the gambler's ruin problem. Alice starts with £a; her opponent Bob starts with £(m - a). In each round, Alice wins £1 from Bob with probability p, or loses £1 to Bob with probability q = 1 - p. Alice ruins if she is reduced to £0; Bob ruins if he is reduced to £0, which means Alice would have £m. Let X denote the amount of money in pounds that Alice has after n rounds. Consider the stochastic process (Xn). pri+1 ri+qri-1 = 0 for i = 1, 2,..., m - 1, Τα pm - pa pm - 1 Bob gives Alice the opportunity to instead play a different game where the winnings or losses are just 50p per round, still with the same probabilities p and q. For what values of p should Alice prefer to pay this new game? fp

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section: Chapter Questions

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