A regional automobile dealership sent out fliers to prospective customers indicating that they had already won one of three different prizes: an automobile valued at
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a
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gas card, or a
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shopping card. To claim his or her prize, a prospective customer needed to present the flier at the dealership's showroom. The fine print on the back of the flier listed the probabilities of winning. The chance of winning the car was 1 out of
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the chance of winning the gas card was 1 out of
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and the chance of winning the shopping card was
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out of
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Complete parts (a) through (c).
a. How many fliers do you think the automobile dealership sent out?
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fliers
b. Using your answer to (a) and the probabilities listed on the flier, what is the expected value of the prize won by a prospective customer receiving a flier?
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(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
c. Using your answer to (a) and the probabilities listed on the flier, what is the standard deviation of the value of the prize won by a prospective customer receiving a flier?
sigmaσequals=$nothing
(Round to the nearest cent as needed.)
A regional automobile dealership sent out fliers to prospective customers indicating that they ha...
5.3 Recently, a regional automobile dealership sent out fliers to perspective customers indicating that they had already won one of three different prizes: an automobile valued at $25,000, a $100 gas card, or a $5 Walmart shopping card. To claim his or her prize, a prospective customer needed to present the flier at the dealership's showroom. The fine print on the back of the flier listed the prob- abilities of winning. The chance of winning the car was 1 out...