document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1167070>Question 1167070</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The student council is hosting a drawing to raise money for scholarships. They are selling tickets for $8 each and will sell 500 tickets. theire is one $3,000 grand prize, three $500 second prizes, and elecen $30 third prizes. You just bought a ticket. Find the expected value for your profit.Round to the nearest cent. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The prize money is more than the total cost of the tickets... so they aren't going to raise any money.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That suggests the given information is faulty, so there is no sense in trying to solve the problem as stated.<br><BR>\n" );
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