What is difference between -0.4 and 44.4 a) 40 b) 44 c) -44 d)44.8
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Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
Given that:
To bet $5 that the outcome is any one of these five possibilities: 0, 00, 1, 2, 3.
Let Y represent the Amount of net profit
Then, Y= {-5, 30}
The probability distribution of Y is:
Y -5 30
P(Y=y)
a) The expected value of X is given by:
b)
On a bet of $5 on the number 25 we are expected to loose 24 cents.
While on a $5 bet that the outcome is any one of the numbers 0,00, or 1 we are expected to loose 39 cents.
Hence, $5 bet on the number 27 is better. Because the expected loss is less in this bet