The pta plans a spring carnival on a saturday in april. if it's a sunny day, they estimate that they will make $3,000 but if it rains, they will lose $600 because nobody will come. There's a 30% chance of rain on saturday. Create a probability model and determine the expected profit or loss.

The pta plans a spring carnival on a saturday in april. if it's a sunny day, they estimate that they will make $3,000 but if it rains, they will lose $600 because nobody will come. There's a 30% chance of rain on saturday. Create a probability model and determine the expected profit or loss.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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