Part (a)
If you win $12165, then you really net 12165-35 = 12130 dollars when you consider the ticket fee. So this is the true amount of money you win, or take home at the end of the day. This is before taxes.
Multiply 0.002 with 12,130 to get 0.002*12130 = 24.26
We'll use this later so let A = 24.26
The chances that you don't win are 1 - 0.002 = 0.998 which multiplies with -35 to indicate you lost $35 in playing the game. So we get B = 0.998*(-35) = -34.93
Lastly, add the values of A and B to get the expected value:
A+B = 24.26 + (-34.93) = -10.67 is the expected value.
On average, you expect to lose about $10.67 for any time you play the game.
<h3>Answer: -10.67 dollars</h3>
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Part (b)
0.125 is the probability of winning so 1-0.125 = 0.875 is the probability of losing.
Let's say you get really unlucky and lose 12 times in a row. Assuming each trial (aka case when you play the game) is independent, this would mean the probability of such an event is (0.875)^12 = 0.2014172, which is approximate.
Subtract that from 1 to get the probability of winning at least once
1 - (0.875)^12 = 1 - 0.2014172 = 0.7985828
which is also approximate. If we rounded to three decimal places, then it would be 0.799; I'm picking three decimals since 0.125 is to three decimal places. Round however you need to if otherwise.
<h3>Answer: 0.799 (approximate)</h3>
