In a game, a child will win Rs 5 gets all heads or all tails when three coins are tossed simultaneously and he will lose Rs 3 for all other cases. The expected amount to lose in the game is |
Rs. 0 Rs. 0.8 Rs. 1 Rs. 2 |
Rs. 1 |
The correct answer is Option (3) → Rs. 1 Since, three coins are tossed the possible outcomes, $\{HHH,HHT,HTH,HTT,THH,THT,TTH,TTT\}$ E(X) = (Winning Amount × P(win)) + (Losing amount × P(Lose)) $=5×\frac{1}{4}+(-3×\frac{3}{4})$ $=\frac{5}{4}-\frac{9}{4}=-1$ |