SOLUTION: Hello, Can you please help me. One thousand raffle tickets are sold for $1.00 each. One grand prize of $200 and two consolation prizes of $50 each will be awarded. Jeremy purcha

Question 361981: Hello, Can you please help me.
One thousand raffle tickets are sold for $1.00 each. One grand prize of $200 and two consolation prizes of $50 each will be awarded. Jeremy purchases one ticket. Find his expected value. Show your work for full credit.
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Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!



Hi

$1000 brought in on the raffle, $300 paid out

$300/$1000 = $3/$10 Or $0.30/$1

Jeremy purchases one ticket. 

the expected value of a 1.00 ticket is 30 cents 

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