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#1 Re: Help Me ! » Expected Value » 2011-04-04 12:27:50
Sorry I think I didn't see that one. Thanks for bringing it up. Wow...it's looked like the same questions pop up again after 2 years. Ah.
Yes..so I looked over how you did the question, but how did you get the 2 numbers in that fraction/probability? I don't know where it came from. I know the 52 choose 6 part ...but where does that fraction came from (the numbers I mean)? Can you explain it to me?
Thanks.
#2 Re: Help Me ! » Expected Value » 2011-04-04 09:46:35
Oh ...=( I knew, I saw your answer already in the 2009 thread from way back. But that was the expected value of just 3 cards. Not 3 highest cards out of 6. I actually got that question (your computer answer question) doing the same as you did. For that question, I did the expected value of a single card and multiplied it by 3 to get the total of the 3 cards.
this is for a school midterm project and those 3 questions are worth basically 50% of my entire project.
#3 Help Me ! » Expected Value » 2011-04-04 09:33:06
- micheko
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Hello,
I am having A LOT OF TROUBLE with this problem. Honestly, I did check my sources before coming here and I still cannot figure it out. =(
Here it is:
If each card has same points as their number (Ace is 1 point, 2 is 2 points, 3 is 3 points), then Jack, Queen, King each is 10 points. What's the expected value for the total of the three highest cards out of six dealt cards?
What's the expected value for the three highest cards out of eight dealt cards?
I want to find the theoretical expected value for the above 2 questions. I don't know where to start.
My second question is related to the above as well. Say in this game (with the rules described above) the opponent is dealt 4 cards. and you are dealt the number of cards according to the sum of the 2 dice rolled (a sum of 4 gives 4 cards ...and so on. doubles give 7 cards). How many cards do you need to be dealt before you have an advantage to win over the opponent? Can someone do this in a theoretical approach?
THANK YOU.
Please help me, I am really stuck =(
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