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Hedge Fund Interview  
« on: Jul 18th, 2007, 1:48pm »
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You toss a fair coin and after each toss you can either stop and collect your winnings (equal to the ratio of heads to total flips) or toss again.  
 
What is the expected value of this game?
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http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/hard.shtml#coinFlipGameWorth1 ?
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