A radio station is having a contest. There is a vacation package worth $15,000. Three prizes are gift cards to a coffee shop worth $1000 each. Five prizes provided tutoring for your math course, worth$500 each.(a) Compute the expected value for this contest, assuming 10,000 people enter this contest.(b) What are the odds for winning the vacation package?

Vacation package worth $15,000 Coffee shop worth $1000 Tutoring math course worth $500 No of people…

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