Suppose that a player draws a card at random from a pack of cards, and wins $15 if an ace, king, queen, or jack is obtained, and otherwise wins the face value of the card in dollars. What is the expected amount won by the player? Would you pay $9 to play this game?

Suppose that a player draws a card at random from a pack of cards, and wins $15 if an ace, king, queen, or jack is obtained, and otherwise wins the face value of the card in dollars. What is the expected amount won by the player? Would you pay $9 to play this game?

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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