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A gambling book recommends the following winning strategy for roulette. Let X denote your winnings when you quit. Bet $1 on red. If red appears (probability 20/38), take your $1 profit and quit. If red does not appear (and you lose your bet, this has a probability of 18/38), make additional $1 bets on red on each of the next two spins of the roulette wheel, then quit. What is P(X > 0)? A. 0.5263 B. 0.3575 C. 0.6575 D. 0.4737

Name: a gambling book recommends the following winning strategy for roulette let x denote your winnings when you quit bet 1 on red if red appears probability 2038 take your 1 profit and quit if re 77312
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Description: a gambling book recommends the following winning strategy for roulette let x denote your winnings when you quit bet 1 on red if red appears probability 2038 take your 1 profit and quit if re 77312

          A gambling book recommends the following winning strategy for roulette. Let X denote your winnings when you quit.
Bet $1 on red. If red appears (probability 20/38), take your $1 profit and quit. If red does not appear (and you lose your bet, this has a probability of 18/38), make additional $1 bets on red on each of the next two spins of the roulette wheel, then quit.
What is P(X > 0)?
A. 0.5263
B. 0.3575
C. 0.6575
D. 0.4737

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A gambling book recommends the following winning strategy for roulette. Let X denote your winnings when you quit. Bet $1 on red. If red appears (probability 20/38), take your $1 profit and quit. If red does not appear (and you lose your bet, this has a probability of 18/38), make additional $1 bets on red on each of the next two spins of the roulette wheel, then quit. What is P(X > 0)? A. 0.5263 B. 0.3575 C. 0.6575 D. 0.4737