Roulette wheels in Nevada generally have 38 equally spaced slots numbered 00 , 0 , 1 , 2. . . , 36 . A player who bets $1 on any given number wins $35 (and gets the bet back) if the ball comes to rest on the chosen number; otherwise, the $1 bet is lost. What is the expected value of this game?
Roulette wheels in Nevada generally have 38 equally spaced slots numbered 00 , 0 , 1 , 2. . . , 36 . A player who bets $1 on any given number wins $35 (and gets the bet back) if the ball comes to rest on the chosen number; otherwise, the $1 bet is lost. What is the expected value of this game?
Solution Summary: The author calculates the expected value of game of Roulette wheel having slot numbered 00,0,1,2,cdots,36 in which each number is equally spaced.
Roulette wheels in Nevada generally have
38
equally spaced slots numbered
00
,
0
,
1
,
2.
.
. ,
36
. A player who bets
$1
on any given number wins
$35
(and gets the bet back) if the ball comes to rest on the chosen number; otherwise, the
$1
bet is lost. What is the expected value of this game?
The college hiking club is having a fundraiser to buy new equipment for fall and winter outings. The club is selling Chinese fortune cookies at a price of $2 per cookie. Each cookie contains a piece of paper with a different number written on it. A random drawing will determine which number is the winner of a dinner for two at a local Chinese restaurant. The dinner is valued at $32. Since fortune cookies are donated to the club, we can ignore the cost of the cookies. The club sold 718 cookies before the drawing. Lisa bought 13 cookies. Lisa's expected earnings can be found by multiplying the value of the dinner by the probability that she will win. What are Lisa's expected earnings? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
What was the age distribution of nurses in Great Britain at the time of Florence Nightingale? Thanks to Florence Nightingale and the British census of 1851, we have the following information (based on data from the classic text Notes on Nursing, by Florence Nightingale). Note: In 1851 there were 25,466 nurses in Great Britain. Furthermore, Nightingale made a strict distinction between nurses and domestic servants. Use a histogram and graph the probability distribution. Using the graph of the probability distribution determine the probability that a British nurse selected at random in 1851 would be 40 years of age or older. Round your answer to nearest thousandth.
Age range (yr)
20–29
30–39
40–49
50–59
60–69
70–79
80+
Midpoint (x)
24.5
34.5
44.5
54.5
64.5
74.5
84.5
Percent of nurses
5.7%
9.7%
19.5%
29.2%
25.0%
9.1%
1.8%
What was the age distribution of nurses in Great Britain at the time of Florence Nightingale? Thanks to Florence Nightingale and the British census of 1851, we have the following information (based on data from the classic text Notes on Nursing, by Florence Nightingale). Note: In 1851 there were 25,466 nurses in Great Britain. Furthermore, Nightingale made a strict distinction between nurses and domestic servants. Use a histogram and graph the probability distribution. Using the graph of the probability distribution determine the probability that a British nurse selected at random in 1851 would be 40 years of age or older. Round your answer to nearest thousandth.
Age range (yr)
20–29
30–39
40–49
50–59
60–69
70–79
80+
Midpoint (x)
24.5
34.5
44.5
54.5
64.5
74.5
84.5
Percent of nurses
5.7%
9.7%
19.5%
29.2%
25.0%
9.1%
1.8%
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