#1820 · Probability · Expectation
Betting on Horse Races
makes a bet with of to that three races will be won by the three horses , , , against which the betting is to , to , and to respectively. The first race having been won by , and it being known that the second race was won either by , or by a horse against which the betting was to , find the value of 's expectation.
H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891) · Ch. XXXII. Probability, Examples XXXII.d, No. 15
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Checked against the answer in H. S. Hall & S. R. Knight, Higher Algebra (1891).