A ping pong ball Is drawn at random from an urn consisting of balls numbered 4 through 9. A playerwins $1.5 If the number on the ball is odd and loses $0.5 if the number Is even.Let x be the amount of money a player will win/lose when playing this game, where x Is negativewhen the player loses money.(a) Construct the probablity distribution table for this game. Round your answers to two decimalplaces.OutcomeProbability P(x)(b) What is the expected value of player's winnings? Round to the nearest hundreth.(C) Interpret the meaning of the expected value in the context of this problem.

A ping pong ball Is drawn at random from an urn consisting of balls numbered 4 through 9. A player wins $1.5 If the number on the ball is odd and loses $0.5 If the number Is even. Let x be the amount of money a player will win/lose when playing this game, where x Is negative when the player loses money.

A ping pong ball Is drawn at random from an urn consisting of balls numbered 4 through 9. A player wins $1.5 If the number on the ball is odd and loses $0.5 If the number Is even. Let x be the amount of money a player will win/lose when playing this game, where x Is negative when the player loses money.

College Algebra

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Author:Ron Larson

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Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

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