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Question 1

A service that repairs televisions sells maintenance agreements for a year.  The average cost for repairing a television is and 5 in every 100 people who purchase maintenance agreements have televisions that require repair. Find the service's expected profit per maintenance agreement.
◦ $9.66
◦ $8.30
◦ $8.64
◦ $9.95

Question 2

Solve the problem that involves computing expected values in a game of chance.

A game is played using one die. If the die is rolled and shows a 2, the player wins . If the die shows any number other than 2, the player wins nothing.  If there is a charge of $1 to play the game, what is the game's expected value?
◦ -$1
◦ $0.33
◦ -$0.33
◦ $7.00
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Reply #1 on: Feb 2, 2020
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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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