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In a particular game, a fair die is tossed.  If the number of spots showing is either 4 or 5 you win $1, if the number of spots showing is 6 you win $4, and if the number of spots showing is 1, 2, or 3 you win nothing.  Let X be the amount that you win. 
Which of the following is the expected value of X?

• $1.00
• $2.50
• $4.00
• $6.00

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If the expected value is negative, are you expected to win?

• yes
• no

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If I flip a coin 10 times, how many times should I get heads?

• 1
• 10
• 3
• 5

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A stockbroker estimates that at the end of the year, there is a 40% chance a stock will be worth $50, a 35% chance it will be worth $60 and a 25% chance it will be worth $70.
What expected value does this broker assign to this stock's end-of-the-year price?

• $58.50
• $60.00
• $62.50
• $65.00

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In a certain community, 30% of households have 1 child, 43% have 2 children, and 27% have 3 children. If a household is selected at random, what is the expected number of children in that household? HINT: A Probability table may be helpful.

• 2.00
• 2.13
• 1.97
• 1.27

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Find the expected value. READ CAREFULLY!

• 4.5
• 25.5
• 3.825
• 6.52

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Find the expected value

• Loss of $0.875
• Loss of $2.125
• Win of $1.875
• Win of $3.125

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A line up for tickets to a local concert had an average (mean) waiting time of 20 minutes with a standard deviation of 4 minutes. If 2000 ticket buyers were in line, how many of them would expect to wait for less than 16 minutes?

• 320

• 1550

• 100

• 30

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The table shows the frequency of the number of visits to the doctor per year for a group of children. What is the mean?

• 2

• 2.2

• 3

• 7.5

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The table above shows a television station's advertisement sales. The distribution of sales for one 24-hour day is given. Solve for the mean. Round to the nearest hundredth.

• 31.80

• 15.68

• 0.20

• 1.00

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