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(1) Following Pascal, build the table for the number of coins that player A should take when a series best of seven (that is the

(1) Following Pascal, build the table for the number of coins that player A should take when a series "best of seven" (that is the winner is the first to win 4 games) against a player B is interrupted when A has won x games and B has won y games, with 0 <= x, y <= 4. Assume each player is betting 32 coins.

(2) Following Fermat, that is, looking at all possible histories of Ws and Ls, find the number of coins that player A should be taking when he has won 2 games, player B has won no games, and the series is interrupted at that point.

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