At a carnival, there is a raffle with 1,000 tickets. One ticket will win a $440 prize, and the other tickets will win nothing. If you have a ticket, what is the expected payoff?$____
Q. At a carnival, there is a raffle with 1,000 tickets. One ticket will win a $440 prize, and the other tickets will win nothing. If you have a ticket, what is the expected payoff?$____
Calculate probability of winning: Calculate the probability of winning the prize. Since there is only one winning ticket out of 1,000, the probability of winning is 1,0001.
Calculate expected payoff: Calculate the expected payoff for the winning ticket. The expected payoff is the prize amount times the probability of winning, which is $440×1,0001.
Perform multiplication: Perform the multiplication to find the expected payoff: $440×0.001=$0.44.
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