Jane Street

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Jane Street

You have 3 buckets, each able to hold one ball. Every time you throw a ball, you are guaranteed to hit a bucket; if the bucket is already filled, the ball bounces out. Each ball that goes in gives +1, each ball that bounces out gives -1. If you have 2 balls to throw, what is the expected gain?

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