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Consider a game where the player tosses a six-sided fair die. If the face that comes up is 6, the player wins ₹ 36, otherwise he loses ₹ k2, where k is the face that comes up k = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. The expected amount to win at this game in ₹ is
Options
`19/6`
`- 19/6`
`3/2`
`- 3/2`
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Solution
`- 19/6`
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