SOLUTION: The student council is hosting a drawing to raise money for scholarships. They are selling tickets for $7 and will sell 900 tickets. There is one $2,000 grand prize, three $400 sec

Question 1154068: The student council is hosting a drawing to raise money for scholarships. They are selling tickets for $7 and will sell 900 tickets. There is one $2,000 grand prize, three $400 second prizes, and seventeen $40 third prizes. You just bought a ticket. Find the expected value for your profit. Round to the nearest cent.

Answer by ikleyn(52824) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Expected value for your profit is  


     - 7 =  - 7 = 4.31 - 7 = -2.69  dollars.


So, you expect to lose  $2.69.

Solved.

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