Five thousand tickets are sold at​ $1 each for a charity raffle. Tickets are to be drawn at random and monetary prizes awarded as​ follows: 1 prize of ​$700​, 3 prizes of ​$200​, 5 prizes of ​$10​, and 20 prizes of​ $5. What is the expected value of this raffle if you buy 1​ ticket?       a. Let X be the random variable for the amount won on a single raffle ticket. Complete the payoff table for the random variable X.   xi           pi           ​(Enter the net amount won in decreasing order​.)   ​(Type probabilities as​ decimals.)

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Five thousand tickets are sold at​ $1 each for a charity raffle. Tickets are to be drawn at random and monetary prizes awarded as​ follows: 1 prize of
​$700​,
3 prizes of
​$200​,
5 prizes of
​$10​,
and 20 prizes of​ $5. What is the expected value of this raffle if you buy 1​ ticket?
 
 
 
a. Let X be the random variable for the amount won on a single raffle ticket. Complete the payoff table for the random variable X.
 
xi          
pi          
​(Enter
the net amount won in decreasing
order​.)
 
​(Type probabilities as​ decimals.)
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