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Let's say you are playing a coin flip game. You start with 30 dollars. If you flip heads, you win one dollar, but if you get tails, you lose one dollar. You keep playing until you run out of money (have 0) or until you win 100 dollars. What is the probability that you win 100 dollars?

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Description: lets say you are playing a coin flip game you start with 30 dollars if you flip heads you win one dollar but if you get tails you lose one dollar you keep playing until you run out of money 15312

          Let's say you are playing a coin flip game. You start with 30
dollars. If you flip heads, you win one dollar, but if you get
tails, you lose one dollar. You keep playing until you run out of
money (have 0) or until you win 100 dollars. 
What is the probability that you win 100 dollars?

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Elementary Statistics a Step by Step Approach

Allan G. Bluman 9th Edition

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10/05/2021

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Let Q be the probability of losing all money and ending up with $0. Since P + Q = 1, we can also say that Q = 1 - P. Show more…

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Let's say you are playing a coin flip game. You start with 30 dollars. If you flip heads, you win one dollar, but if you get tails, you lose one dollar. You keep playing until you run out of money (have 0) or until you win 100 dollars. What is the probability that you win 100 dollars?