Homework Help: math

Posted by kirk on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 10:48am.

On a roulette wheel, the probability of winning when
you pick a particular number is . Suppose you bet
$1.00 to play the game, and if your number is picked,
you get back $36.
a. Is this a fair game?
b. What would happen if you played this game a large
number of times?

math - PsyDAG, Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 11:44am
a. The probability is not posted.

b. If you keep playing, it is most likely that you will lose your winnings back.

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