From the prizes, ten percent are worth 1000 dollars, twenty percent are worth 100 dollars, and seventy percent are worth 10 dollars. If she purchases one slot, what is her expected amount of winnings

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From the prizes, ten percent are worth 1000 dollars, twenty percent are worth 100 dollars, and
seventy percent are worth 10 dollars. If she purchases one slot, what is her expected amount of winnings?
a) $127
b) $27.8
c) $105.90
d) $14.11
e) $42.33

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Let X be the random variable which denotes the amount of winning.

The following table represents the possible winnings with their corresponding probabilities,

X 1000 100 10
P(X) 0.10 0.20 0.70

The expected value of X is calculated as,

EX=x·Px=x1·Px1+x2·Px2+x3·Px3=1000×0.10+100×0.20+10×0.70=100+20+7=127

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