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Q56Section C (Section C)56 of 60

Expected gain in a coin-toss lottery

Consider a coin for which the probability of obtaining head in a single toss is 13\frac13. Sunita tosses the coin once. If head appears, she receives a random amount of XX rupees, where XX has the Exp(19)\mathrm{Exp}\bigl(\frac19\bigr) distribution. If tail appears, she loses a random amount of YY rupees, where YY has the Exp(13)\mathrm{Exp}\bigl(\frac13\bigr) distribution. Her expected gain (in rupees) is equal to __________ (answer in integer)

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