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document.write( "you have 10 coins in your pocket 4 quarters 3 nickels 3 dimes you reach into your pocket and pick out a coin to tip the waitress calculate the expected value of the tip in cents.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you have 10 coins in your pocket 4 quarters 3 nickels 3 dimes you reach into your pocket and pick out a coin to tip the waitress calculate the expected value of the tip in cents.\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The \"expected\" tip, would be the one with the highest probability of being drawn out.  In other words, the type that there is the most of, in the pocket.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25 cents would be the expected tip, because it has the highest probability of being drawn out.<BR>\n" );
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