Fair price of a heads payout
You make a market on whether a fair coin lands heads, with the bet paying $1 if heads and $0 otherwise. What is the fair price (in dollars, to two decimals)?
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- Fair price = expected payout.
- P(heads) × \$1.
Answer
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0.5 (± 0.01)
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