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What does the expected value of a fair game equal? |
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zero |
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one |
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half the payoff |
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twice the payoff |
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What is expected value? |
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The sum of the products of the probabilities and payoff. |
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The product of the sums of the probabilities and payoff. |
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The sum of the quotients of the probabilities and payoff. |
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The difference of the products of the probabilities and payoff. |
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Based on past sweepstakes a company expects 600,000,000 entries. Find the expected values of Sweepstake B shown in the chart. Round to the nearest ten thousandth. |
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0.0036 |
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0.0019 |
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0.0142 |
D. |
0.0185 |
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A Las Vegas company states the probability of winning $60,000 is 0.012, the probability of winning $15,000 is 0.014.and the probability of winning $15,000 is 0.014. What is the expected value? |
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1140 |
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1523 |
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50,254 |
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90,000 |
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A school is thinking of selling candy bars as a fundraiser. The company states the probability of making $20,000 is 0.7 and the probability of losing $6500 is 0.37. The company claims that on average any club makes over $10,000. Is this claim accurate? Why or why not? |
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yes; The expected value was over $10,000 |
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yes; The expected value is under $10,000. |
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no; The expected value is under $10,000 |
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no; The expected value was over $10,000 |
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