Question

A game show has a bonus round where a contestant gets to spin a balanced wheel that is divided into eighths. The contestants win cans of turtle wax based on which number they land on. Hiw many cans of turtle wax can the game show expect to give out per player in the long run? Round the answer to the nearest whole number.
A. 142
B. 250
C. 1,135
D. 9.080

Answer 1

The answer is A. 142.

After a profound research, I found out that the wheel numbers are:
25, 80, 60, 20, 100, 500, 150, 200.

To calculate how many cans of turtle wax can the game show expect to give out per player in the long run, we need to calculate the mean of the numbers on the wheel:
$x= \frac{25+80+60+20+100+500+150+200}{8} = \frac{1,135}{8}= 141.875$

⇒ x ≈ 142