Asked by shonnda
At a raffle, 1000 tickets are sold at $5 each. There are 20 prizes of $25, 5 prizes of $100, and 1 grand prize of $2000. Suppose you buy one ticket.
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Ms. Sue
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Sahar
1. Use the table below to help you construct a probability distribution for all of the possible values of X and their probabilities
2. Find the expected value of X, and interpret it in the context of the game.
3. If you play in such a raffle 100 times, what is the expected net gain?
4. What ticket price (rounded to two decimal places) would make it a fair game?
5. Would you choose to play the game? In complete sentences, explain why or why not.
6. If you were organizing a raffle like this, how might you adjust the ticket prices and/or prize amounts in order to make the raffle more tempting while still raising at least $2000 for your organization?
2. Find the expected value of X, and interpret it in the context of the game.
3. If you play in such a raffle 100 times, what is the expected net gain?
4. What ticket price (rounded to two decimal places) would make it a fair game?
5. Would you choose to play the game? In complete sentences, explain why or why not.
6. If you were organizing a raffle like this, how might you adjust the ticket prices and/or prize amounts in order to make the raffle more tempting while still raising at least $2000 for your organization?
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