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In the World Series finals, the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies are facing each other. The championship goes to the team that is first to win four out of the maximum seven games. You want to bet on the Red Sox and have dollars to place a double-or-nothing wager on each game. Unfortunately, you can only bet on each individual game, not the series as a whole. You want a betting strategy such that if the Red Sox win the whole series, you win exactly dollars, and if the Red Sox lose, you lose exactly dollars. How much should you bet on the Red Sox in the first game?
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