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Challenge question

An individual tosses a fair coin until a tail appears for the first time. If the tail appears on the nth flip, the individual wins 2n pounds. Show that the expected winnings are infinite. Would you be willing to pay £1 million to play this game once? Would you be willing to pay £1 million for each game if you could play for as long as you liked and only had to settle up when you stopped playing?