SOLUTION: An urn contains six red balls, five white balls, and four black balls. Four balls are drawn from the urn at random without replacement. For each red ball drawn, you win $6, and for
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Question 984388: An urn contains six red balls, five white balls, and four black balls. Four balls are drawn from the urn at random without replacement. For each red ball drawn, you win $6, and for each black ball drawn, you lose $9. Let X represent your net winnings.
Compute E(X), your expected net winnings.
E(X) =
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