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To: Physicist
Interesting...what do you mean by "expectation value"?
92 posted on 01/08/2004 10:55:23 AM PST by GodBlessRonaldReagan (where is Count Petofi when we need him most?)
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To: GodBlessRonaldReagan
I think he means "return". If you have a 1 in 35,000,000 in winning $5, you don't play. But if the return is $55,000,000 then you do.
98 posted on 01/08/2004 11:02:47 AM PST by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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