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by sanju09 » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:28 am
A game consists of tossing a coin successively. There is an entry fee of $10 and an additional fee of $1 for each toss of the coin. The game is considered to have ended normally when the coin turns heads on two consecutive throws. In this case the player is paid $100. Alternatively, the player can choose to terminate the game prematurely after any of the tosses. Sam has incurred a loss of $50 by playing this game. How many times did he toss the coin?

(1) The game ended normally.

(2) The total number of tails obtained in the game was 138.


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by mridula » Tue Oct 20, 2009 5:49 am
I think the answer is A

Will explain if it is correct :).