The gaming commission is introducing a new lottery game called Infinite Progresso. The winner of the Infinite Progresso jackpot will receive $900 at the end of January. $2.000 at the end of February, $3.100 at the end of March and so on up to $13,000 at the end of December. At the beginning of the next year, the sequence repeats starting at $900 in January and ending at $13,000 in December. This annual sequence of payments repeats indefinitely. If the gaming commission expects to sell a minimum of 1.200,000 tickets, what is the minimum price they can charge for the tickets to break even, assuming the commission earns 9.00 %year/month on its investments and there is exactly one winning ticket? Do all calculations to 5 decimal places and round final answer to 2 decimal places. Tolerance is t$0.03.
The gaming commission is introducing a new lottery game called Infinite Progresso. The winner of the Infinite Progresso jackpot will receive $900 at the end of January. $2.000 at the end of February, $3.100 at the end of March and so on up to $13,000 at the end of December. At the beginning of the next year, the sequence repeats starting at $900 in January and ending at $13,000 in December. This annual sequence of payments repeats indefinitely. If the gaming commission expects to sell a minimum of 1.200,000 tickets, what is the minimum price they can charge for the tickets to break even, assuming the commission earns 9.00 %year/month on its investments and there is exactly one winning ticket? Do all calculations to 5 decimal places and round final answer to 2 decimal places. Tolerance is t$0.03.
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![The gaming commission is introducing a new lottery game called Infinite Progresso. The winner of the Infinite Progresso jackpot will
receive $900 at the end of January, $2000 at the end of February, $3.100 at the end of March and so on up to $13.000 at the end of
December. At the beginning of the next year, the sequence repeats starting at $900 in January and ending at $13,000 in December.
This annual sequence of payments repeats indefinitely. If the gaming commission expects to sell a minimum of 1.200,000 tickets, what
is the minimum price they can charge for the tickets to break even, assuming the commission earns 9.00 %/year/month on its
investments and there is exactly one winning ticket?
Do all calculations to 5 decimal places and round final answer to 2 decimal places. Tolerance is $0.03.](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2Fb598839e-2f0a-4e6f-b76c-2738a8a482b4%2F603d1cc2-ce98-41d4-b408-77a58f2a7674%2Ffqswptp_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:The gaming commission is introducing a new lottery game called Infinite Progresso. The winner of the Infinite Progresso jackpot will
receive $900 at the end of January, $2000 at the end of February, $3.100 at the end of March and so on up to $13.000 at the end of
December. At the beginning of the next year, the sequence repeats starting at $900 in January and ending at $13,000 in December.
This annual sequence of payments repeats indefinitely. If the gaming commission expects to sell a minimum of 1.200,000 tickets, what
is the minimum price they can charge for the tickets to break even, assuming the commission earns 9.00 %/year/month on its
investments and there is exactly one winning ticket?
Do all calculations to 5 decimal places and round final answer to 2 decimal places. Tolerance is $0.03.
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