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Whose statement is correct based on the expected value?

Whose statement is correct based on the expected value?-example-1
User Korbbit
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Explanation:

neither statement is correct. right answer on khan

User Kingrolo
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Explanation:

only Hadley. and even that is not fully correct.

the expected value here gives us the overall most likely outcome of the scenario when throwing 2 balls.

and not ball by ball. and not directly a probability.

like rolling a die : the expected value of rolling a 6 in 6 attempts is 1 due to the individual roll probability of 1/6.

but the probabilty is NOT 1 or 100% (a guaranteed 6 in 6 attempts).

and that brings me to my concern with Hadley's statement. it says with conviction "the player will make ...". no, only "... will likely make ..." or "... on average".

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