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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e §4.2 Mean or Expected Value and Standard Deviation · Exercise 22 · Probability · Discrete distributions

Mean or Expected Value and Standard Deviation · Exercise 22

You buy a lottery ticket to a lottery that costs $10 per ticket. There are only 100 tickets available to be sold in this lottery. In this lottery there are one $500 prize, two $100 prizes, and four $25 prizes. Find your expected gain or loss.

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OpenStax, Introductory Statistics 2e · §4.2 Mean or Expected Value and Standard Deviation · Exercise 22

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