1.   What does the expected value of a fair game equal?
    A. twice the payoff B. zero
    C. half the payoff D. one
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  2.   Based on past sweepstakes a company expects 10,000 entries. Find the expected values of Sweepstake C shown in the chart. Round to the nearest ten thousandth.
   
    A. 2.04 B. 0.36
    C. 0.84 D. 0.22
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  3.   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?
    A. 1140 B. 90,000
    C. 1523 D. 50,254
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  4.   A chess club is thinking of selling magazines as a fundraiser. The company states the probability of making $6,000 is 0.67 and the probability of losing $2500 is 0.27. The company claims that on average any club makes over $5000. Is this claim accurate? Why or why not?
    A. no; The expected value was over $5000. B. yes; The expected value is under $5000.
    C. yes; The expected value was over $5000 D. no; The expected value is under $5000.
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  5.   Two children are playing with a bag of four marbles. One is white, 2 are blue and 1is red. Each child takes a marble from the bag. The child with a red marble receives 3 points. Otherwise the child loses one point. Is the game fair? Why or why not?
    A. no; The expected value does not equal zero. B. no; The expected value is equal to zero.
    C. yes; The expected value does not equal zero. D. yes; The expected value is equal to zero.
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