A community youth group is having a raffle to raise funds. Several community businesses have donated prizes. The prizes and their retail values are listed in the table below. Each prize will be given away, regardless of the number of raffle tickets sold. Tickets are sold for $16 each. Determine the expected value of a ticket, and discuss whether it would be to your financial advantage to buy a ticket under the given circumstances. (Enter your answers to two decimal places.) Prize Retail Value Number of These Prizes to Be Given Away new car $21,540 1 a cell phone and a one- year subscription $940 1

A community youth group is having a raffle to raise funds. Several community businesses have donated prizes. The prizes and their retail values are listed in the table below. Each prize will be given away, regardless of the number of raffle tickets sold. Tickets are sold for $16 each. Determine the expected value of a ticket, and discuss whether it would be to your financial advantage to buy a ticket under the given circumstances. (Enter your answers to two decimal places.) Prize Retail Value Number of These Prizes to Be Given Away new car $21,540 1 a cell phone and a one- year subscription $940 1

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 1.1P: a. How many different 7-place license plates are possible if the first 2 places are for letters and...

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Prize	Retail Value	Number of These Prizes to Be Given Away
new car	$21,540	1
a cell phone and a one- year subscription	$940	1
a one-year subscription to an Internet service provider	$600	2
dinner for two at a local restaurant	$100	2
a one-year subscription to the local newspaper	$180	20

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