Jose has a deck of 10 cards numbered 1 through 10. He is playing a game of chance.This game is this: Jose chooses one card from the deck at random. He wins an amount of money equal to the value of the card if an even numbered card is drawn. He loses $6 if an odd numbered card is drawn.(a) Find the expected value of playing the game.dollars(b) What can Jose expect in the long run, after playing the game many times?(He replaces the card in the deck each time.)Jose can expect to gain money.Hecanexpecttowindollarsperdraw.Jose can expect to lose money.Hecanexpecttolosedollarsperdraw.Jose can expect to break even (neither gain nor lose money).
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Jose has a deck of 10 cards numbered 1 through 10. He is playing a game of chance.This game is this: Jose chooses one card from the deck at random. He wins an amount of money equal to the value of the card if an even numbered card is drawn. He loses $6 if an odd numbered card is drawn.(a) Find the expected value of playing the game.dollars(b) What can Jose expect in the long run, after playing the game many times?(He replaces the card in the deck each time.)Jose can expect to gain money.Hecanexpecttowindollarsperdraw.Jose can expect to lose money.Hecanexpecttolosedollarsperdraw.Jose can expect to break even (neither gain nor lose money).
Solution
(a) To find the expected value of playing the game, we need to multiply each outcome by its probability and then sum these values.
There are 5 even numbered cards (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) and 5 odd numbered cards (1, 3, 5, 7, 9). The probability of drawing an even card is 5/10 = 0.5 and the probability of drawing an odd card is also 5/10 = 0.5.
The expected value of drawing an even card is (2+4+6+8+10)/5 = 6. The expected loss from drawing an odd card is $6.
So, the expected value of the game is (0.5 * 6) - (0.5 * 6) = 0 dollars.
(b) In the long run, after playing the game many times, Jose can expect to break even (neither gain nor lose money). This is because the expected value of the game is 0, which means that the average outcome of the game is 0.
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