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Consider a game in which you flip a coin. If it comes up heads, you earn 2 points; if it comes up tails, you earn 4 points. What is the expected value of one coin flip?

Consider a game in which you flip a coin. If it comes up heads, you earn 2 points; if it comes up tails, you earn 4 points. What is the expected value of one coin flip?
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Consider a game in which you flip a coin. If it comes up heads, you earn 2 points; if it comes up tails, you earn 4 points. What is the expected value of one coin flip?

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Answer:

D.

Explanation:

Consider a game in which you flip a coin. If it comes up heads, you earn 2 points-example-1
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User Shafeequemat
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you need to find the average

so 2 +4=6

6/2 =3 points

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