Last post wins.

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(07-04-2012 02:15 AM)Kamikaze28 Wrote:  That's clever - the computer science part of me calculated the expected winnings and therefore wants to play at any cost, because the expected winnings is infinite. My gut however wouldn't pay more than $8. And in reality, I don't gamble for money and wouldn't play at all.

Good answer Kami! I got this as an interview question once - they had me stumped until I realized they weren't actually looking for a numeric value, but how'd I approach the problem.