In a game, a man wins a rupee for a six and loses a rupee for any other number, when a fair dice is thrown. He decided to throw a die twice but to quit as and when he gets a six. The expected values of amount he won/lose is : |
$\frac{1}{6}$ $\frac{5}{6}$ 1 $-\frac{11}{9}$ |
$-\frac{11}{9}$ |
The correct answer is Option (4) → $-\frac{11}{9}$ Case 1: Win in 1st throw $P_I=\frac{1}{6}, \text{Amount}_{I}=1$ Case 1: Win in 2nd throw $P_{II}=\frac{5}{6}×\frac{1}{6}=\frac{5}{36}, \text{Amount}_{II}=1-1=0$ Case 3: No win at all $P_{III}=\frac{5}{6}×\frac{5}{6}=\frac{25}{36},\text{Amount}_{III}=-2$ Net expected amount $≡\frac{1}{6}×1+\frac{5}{36}×0+\frac{25}{36}×(-2)$ $≡\frac{1}{6}-\frac{25}{18}≡\frac{3-25}{18}$ $≡-\frac{11}{9}$ |