 The paradox can be resolved by giving more careful consideration to what is lost in one scenario ("the value of my necktie") and what is won in the other ("more than the value of my necktie").If one assumes for simplicity that the only possible necktie prices are $20 and $40, and that a man has equal chances of having a $20 or $40 necktie, then four outcomes (all equally likely) are possible