SOLUTION: Suppose the amount of money someone wins or loses is uniformly distributed between -10 and 23$ . A negative value means a loss. To receive credit you must include a picture with co

Question 1089725: Suppose the amount of money someone wins or loses is uniformly distributed between -10 and 23$ . A negative value means a loss. To receive credit you must include a picture with corresponding areas as shown in class.
e) Find the probability someone does make win or lose.

Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
So there are
total values.
and the probability for each value is
So then,

Your expected winning would be or $6.50.
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