Homework Help: math

Posted by bibi on Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 7:54pm.

In new jersey's pick 4 lottery game, you pay 50 cents to select a sequence of four digits, such as 1332. if you select the same sequence of four digits that are drawn, you win and collect $2788.

1. Find the expected value?

math - bobpursley, Sunday, September 25, 2011 at 7:57pm
can you select 0 as a lead digit, as in 0345? If so

EV=.50*1/10,000= a tad below nothing.

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