You buy a $1 ticket in a raffle. There are 1,000 tickets sold. Tickets are selected out of one of those big round drums at random. There are 3 prizes: first prize is $500; second prize is $200; third prize is $100. What’s the expected value of your ticket

You buy a $1 ticket in a raffle. There are 1,000 tickets sold. Tickets are selected out of one of those big round drums at random. There are 3 prizes: first prize is $500; second prize is $200; third prize is $100. What’s the expected value of your ticket

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A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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