Optimal Coin Pair Reflipping
Four fair coins are flipped. After seeing the outcome, you may repeatedly choose any pair of coins and reflip both. Each reflip costs you $\
$. When you stop, your payoff is the number of heads showing, minus the total cost of reflips.
1. What is the optimal strategy?
2. What is the expected net payoff under optimal play?
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