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Random Variables and Discrete Probability Distributions

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What is the expected prize<br />

for our raffle example?<br />

<strong>Probability</strong> Distribution for the Prizes, in dollars, that<br />

a Person who Buys One $1-Raffle $1 Raffle Ticket could win in a<br />

Raffle for which One-Thous<strong>and</strong> One Thous<strong>and</strong> Tickets are Sold<br />

x P(X = x)<br />

500 1/1000<br />

200 1/1000<br />

50 1/500<br />

10 3/1000<br />

0 993/1000

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