A friend rolls a cheap 6-sided die many times. He reports that the probabilities of the possible outcomes are about as follows: Outcome 1 2 3 4 5 6 Probability 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 Using the probabilities above, what is the expected outcome when rolling this die?

A friend rolls a cheap 6-sided die many times. He reports that the probabilities of the possible outcomes are about as follows: Outcome 1 2 3 4 5 6 Probability 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 Using the probabilities above, what is the expected outcome when rolling this die?

College Algebra

7th Edition

ISBN:9781305115545

Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Publisher:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

Chapter9: Counting And Probability

Section9.4: Expected Value

Problem 1E: If a game gives payoffs of $10 and $100 with probabilities 0.9 and 0.1, respectively, then the...

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A friend rolls a cheap 6-sided die many times. He reports that the probabilities of the possible outcomes are about as follows:

Outcome	1	2	3	4	5	6
Probability	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.2

Using the probabilities above, what is the expected outcome when rolling this die?

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