Jane Street

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Jane Street

If I have 4 coins and I flip them, and you get paid $1 for every head, what is the expected value of your earnings? If you had a magic wand that lets you re-flip any even number of coins (either 2 or 4), what would your expected earnings be after using it optimally?

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