James Munro

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Feeling Lucky?

So far on a game show you've won £100. The host now offers you 10 coin flips. Each Heads will increase your winnings by 50% and each Tails will decrease your winnings by 40%. Will you flip the coins?
Start
Heads
Tails
Final
Expected Value (EV)
Maximum Outcome
Most Likely Outcome
Probability of Loss
Outcome Distribution
Number of flips 10

Note: I'm using k for thousand (\(10^3\)), M for million (\(10^6\)), B for billion (\(10^9\)), T for trillion (\(10^{12}\)), and then the non-standard Qa for quadrillion (\(10^{15}\)) and Qi for quintillion (\(10^{18}\)).