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Suppose you want to gamble in Vegas. In a game, you win $x if the number is prime and lose $x/2 if composite. The number is uniformly randomly generated by a machine between 1 and 10 inclusive. Will you play this game? Follow up: What if you can play n number of times and then stop. Will you play it?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at Susquehanna International Group

3.8
Oct 2, 2019

Suppose you want to gamble in Vegas. In a game, you win $x if the number is prime and lose $x/2 if composite. The number is uniformly randomly generated by a machine between 1 and 10 inclusive. Will you play this game? Follow up: What if you can play n number of times and then stop. Will you play it?

Let's play a game: There are 3 white balls and 4 black balls in a black box. If you get a white ball out your payoff +1, and -1 with a black ball. You can stop anytime and repeat the game infinite times. Will you play the game?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at WorldQuant

4.2
Dec 14, 2016

Let's play a game: There are 3 white balls and 4 black balls in a black box. If you get a white ball out your payoff +1, and -1 with a black ball. You can stop anytime and repeat the game infinite times. Will you play the game?

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