Question

There are five identical closed boxes. one box contains $10,000, two boxes contain $1000 each, one box contains $1, and the last box contains a miniature stop sign. a contestant is allowed to repeat this process until the box with the stop sign is opened; at this point, the game ends. find the mean amount the contestant gets

Answer 1

Mean means most and the most he can get is the 10000 and the 2 1000s and the 1 dollar so the mean is 12001.