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You have many soccer teams, that will compete against each other in 5 rounds of elimination competitions until one team remains. You have 1000 dollars, how should you bet on each round of competition to ensure maximum profit?
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Quantitative Analyst

Interviewed at D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm

3.8
Jan 15, 2011

You have many soccer teams, that will compete against each other in 5 rounds of elimination competitions until one team remains. You have 1000 dollars, how should you bet on each round of competition to ensure maximum profit?

You have a path of length n. You flip a coin, if heads move one space and if tails move two spaces. You keep flipping until you reach the end. If P(i) is the probability of landing on space i, for what value of i is P(i) maximized?
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Quantitative Researcher

Interviewed at DRW

4.3
Apr 1, 2020

You have a path of length n. You flip a coin, if heads move one space and if tails move two spaces. You keep flipping until you reach the end. If P(i) is the probability of landing on space i, for what value of i is P(i) maximized?

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