If i toss 3 pieces on a tic-tac-toe board at random, and I pay you $9 if the pieces create tic-tac-toe, and you pay me $1 if they dont, do you want to play the game? (Expected value problem)
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A piece of land has a 30% chance of being located over an oil reserve, in which case it is going to be worth 100M. If there is no oil, the land is worth 30M. You are offered an option to buy the land at 40M after inspecting it and ascertaining if there is oil. How much are you willing to pay for this option?
How many digits are in 99^10?
You roll a dice until you get a 5. What is the expected value of the minimum value rolled?
There were a few bunch of simple math questions and some probability questions. If you toss 4 coins and get 1 dollar for each heads, how much are you willing to pay to play the game? What if you have the chance to toss again one coin? What about two?
What if you could reflip 1 coin that you wanted. What would be the expected value then?
I was asked to describe in detail the hedges I would implement to protect myself on a cargo of Petroleum bought today for future delivery in one region on local pricing with intention to deliver if by sea to a different region on totally different pricing.
There are 27 race cars, you can only race 5 of them at a time. You have no stopwatch. What is the minimum number of races required in order to pick the 3 fastest cars.
roll a dice, win 2* the value of the face if it is an even number, or win 1*the value of the face if it is an odd number. what is the amount of money you need to charge to play the game. Then if you are given the opportunity to make a decision and play again, you will only be paid by the result of the last rolling. What is amount of money you need to charge to play the game
Two butterflies are trading on an underlying: a 50 butterfly and a 100 butterfly. Both are 5 wide and implied volatility is the same. Which one is more expensive?
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