Sarah draws a card from a deck of 52 cards. She receives 40 cents for a heart, 50 cents for an ace, and 90 cents for the ace of hearts. The cost of a draw is 15 cents. How much will Sarah lose if she plays this game?

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amistre64 · Answer

if I played Id lose 15 cents

anonymous · Answer

thats what I thought but when i put that as my anwser it said it was wrong

amistre64 · Answer

how many draws she get?

anonymous · Answer

it doesnt say thats all the info i got

anonymous · Answer

did you try 0?

amistre64 · Answer

well then, the most she could lose is 15 cents..... but maybe those aint vegas odds :)

anonymous · Answer

no I havent I have one more try to get it right you get four and i used them all up

amistre64 · Answer

your allowed to miss a few questions right?  :)

anonymous · Answer

haha yea i missed one already lol i guess i could miss this one i have two more questions that im about to post if you could help me with them that would be great

amistre64 · Answer

i aint none to good with probability yet..... but i could take a gander at 'em

anonymous · Answer

there is something wrong with this question this is the solution i got...E = 40(12/52)+50(3/52)+90(1/52) = 13.8. This means Sarah expects to win 13.8 cents. However, she pays 15 cents to play the game. Therefore, she actually loses money: 13.8-15 = 1.2 cents.

amistre64 · Answer

why would sarah expect to win a game?  i agree, that question is bad...maybe even evil..... lol

anonymous · Answer

can  it be 40(1/4)+50(1/13)+90(1/52) ?

anonymous · Answer

okay I understand it now just talked to someone in class about it...because there's the option for the ace of hearts you have to take that out of the other options,....you cant win both cash prices at once