SOLUTION: A developer can buy a piece of property that will produce a profit of $16,000 with probability .7, or a loss of $9000 with probability .3. What is the expected profit?

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Question 246807: A developer can buy a piece of property
that will produce a profit of $16,000 with probability
.7, or a loss of $9000 with probability .3. What is the
expected profit?

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