The local church is conducting a lottery and will sell 500 tickets at 10 dollars per ticket. The winning ticket will win $500, five second place tickets will win $50 gift certificates. 10 third place tickets will win a $10 T-Shirt. Use this information to answer the following questions. What is the expected value for the church for each ticket sold? Show your work. Round to three decimal places. b. Based upon the expected value only, will the church make money from the raffle ? Explain your reasoning. c. Given that the church sold all $500 tickets, how much would the church make? Show your work. Round to the nearest cent.

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The local church is conducting a lottery and will sell 500 tickets at 10 dollars per ticket. The winning ticket will win $500, five second place tickets will win $50 gift certificates. 10 third place tickets will win a $10 T-Shirt. Use this information to answer the following questions.

a. What is the expected value for the church for each ticket sold? Show your work. **Round to three decimal places.**

b. Based upon the expected value only, will the church make money from the raffle? Explain your reasoning.

c. Given that the church sold all 500 tickets, how much would the church make? Show your work. **Round to the nearest cent.**
Transcribed Image Text:The local church is conducting a lottery and will sell 500 tickets at 10 dollars per ticket. The winning ticket will win $500, five second place tickets will win $50 gift certificates. 10 third place tickets will win a $10 T-Shirt. Use this information to answer the following questions. a. What is the expected value for the church for each ticket sold? Show your work. **Round to three decimal places.** b. Based upon the expected value only, will the church make money from the raffle? Explain your reasoning. c. Given that the church sold all 500 tickets, how much would the church make? Show your work. **Round to the nearest cent.**
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