SOLUTION: for a daily lottery, a person selects a three-digit number. If the person plays for $1, she can win $500. Find the expectation. In the same daily lottery, if a person boxes the
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Question 594668: for a daily lottery, a person selects a three-digit number. If the person plays for $1, she can win $500. Find the expectation. In the same daily lottery, if a person boxes the number 123, she will win $80. Find the expectation if the number 123 is played for $1 and boxed Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a)
The probability that any single number will be the lucky DISABLED_event_one= 1/10^3 = 1/1000
E=ap Where a is the amount and p the probability.
E = 500 * 1/1000 = $0.50
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123 box = 3! = 6 chances to win
E = 80 * 6/1000 = 480/1000 = $0.48
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Ed
