Money
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Miscellaneous
100

A fair spinner with equal sections numbered 1 to 5 is thrown 500 times. If you get $1 every time it lands on 5, how much money will you have at the end?

What is $100?

100

Two coins are tossed 50 times. The number of heads is noted each time. Work out how many times you expect to get 0 heads.

What is 12.5?

100

Microbiology.

What is Candelaria's major?

200

Your expected earnings if you pay $1 to play a game where you roll a die and win $5 if you roll a 6 and nothing if you roll any other number.

What is -$0.17

200

The expected value for rolling a fair 10-sided die.

What is 5.5?

200

Linear programming.

What did we study in class yesterday?

300

Your expected earnings if you buy 1 raffle ticket for $2. 620 are sold and 1 ticket is picked for a prize of $300, 1 ticket is picked for a prize of $200, and 1 ticket is picked for a prize of $100.

What is $-1.03?

300

The random variable X has the probability function P(X=x) =(2x-1)/36 when x= 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Find E(X).

What is 4.47222...?

300

Raven and Pipit.

What are Dr. Thurber's cats named?