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Math-Fair Game question
the game of dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving 1$ for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game?
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:17pm by C.J

Math-Fair Game question
What is the answer of is finish first a fair game
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:17pm by Walter

math fair
The game of dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving $1 for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game?
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 8:53pm by jason

Math
The game of dots is played by rolling a fair dice and receiving $1 for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game?
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 12:09am by Jessica

Fair Game
Okay, I am in 6 grade and I am doing definitions; math definitions. Theres something called a "fair game" but I am not for sure if it has to do wih math, or a regular game... plz help. This assignment is due this week..... (-_-) Thxx !! ~
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 3:07pm by Nana Mosichu

Math
The game of dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving $1 for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game?
Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 11:16am by Lisa

math
The game of dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving $1 for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game?
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:42pm by Anonymous

Math
The game of dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving $1 for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be consdiered a fair game?
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 2:39pm by Michelle

Math 157
The game of dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving $1 for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game?
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 10:47am by Moonpie_17

MATH Prob.
The game of dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving $1 for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game?
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 11:50pm by Twg

Math-Fair Game question
Expected Value • Making choices by comparing their expected values is a pervasive method of analysis because of its ease of computation and its power. Let’s say you roll a fair die and you were paid, in dollars, the number that landed face up from a fair die roll, ...
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:17pm by courtney

Math 142
800 hundred chances are sold at $2 apiece for a raffle. There is a grand prize of $650 dollars, two second prizes of $250, and five third prizes of $50. First calculate the expected value of the lottery. Determine if the lottery is a fair game. If the game is not fair, ...
Friday, October 19, 2012 at 7:09pm by Nina

Fair Game
Fair Game is a game in which each player is not more likely to win than another. In other words, in a fair game each player is equally likely to win the game.
Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 3:07pm by Kristen

Math-Fair Game question
expected value = (1/6)(1) + (1/6)(2) + (1/6)(3) + (1/6)(4) + (1/6)(5) + (1/6)(6) =(1/6)(1+2+3+4+5+6) = 21/6 = 3.5 so a fair cost would be $3.50
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 5:17pm by Reiny

math
The game called dots is played by rolling a fair die and receiving 1$ for each dot showing on the top face of the die. What cost should be set for each roll if the game is to be considered a fair game? Not a clue on this one.
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:17pm by Kay Kay

Math
At the Statsville County Fair, the probability of winning a prize in the basketball toss game is 0.1. a) Show the probability distribution for the number of prizes won in 8 games (round to 6 decimal places). b) If the game will be played 500 times during the fair, how many ...
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 9:28pm by Lily

Math
A carnival game consists of rolling a single fair die, with the following results: you win $8 for a 6, $7 for a 5, and lose $3 for any other number. Set a probability distribution, and calculate (already did) the Expected value = .50 Variance= 24.58 standard deviation= 4.96 ...
Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 12:32am by Anastasia

Math
You play a game where you win $1.00 for each dot that turns up on a fair die (has 6 sides). You pay $3.50 to play the game (and the money is not returned). Find the expected (average) winnings for this game.
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 1:06pm by Alexis

math
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?
Sunday, August 15, 2010 at 8:33pm by Amy

MATH
Sam bought 1 of 250 tickets selling for $2 in a game with a grand prize of $400. Was $2 a fair price to pay for a ticket to play this game?
Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 10:43am by P-Dub

Math
Sam bought 1 of 250 tickets selling for $2 in a game with a grand prize of $400. Was $2 a fair price to pay for a ticket to play this game.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 12:08am by Mikey

math
Sam bought 1 of 250 tickets selling for $2 in a game with a grand prize of $400. Was $2 a fair price to pay for a ticket to play this game? no
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 6:58pm by Rmz

math
Sam bought 1 of 250 tickets selling for $2 in a game with a grand prize of $400. Was $2 a fair price to pay for a ticket to play this game?
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:35pm by Aleah

math
sam bought 1 of 250 tickets selling for $2 in a game with a grand prize of 400 dollars. Was $2 a fair price to pay for a ticket to play this game?
Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 10:49pm by mike

MATH Prob.
Sam bought 1 of 250 tickets selling for $2 in a game with a grand prize of $400. Was $2 a fair price to pay for a ticket to play this game?
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 11:47pm by Twg

Math - Boo!
You need to define what's "fair" here. None of the choices provides equal amounts to all three. Is any of them fair to anyone? Maybe fairness depends on weight, or hunger, or social standing. This question is meaningless without an explanation of what's fair...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 7:53pm by Steve

statistics
A friend offers you the following game: You will roll 2 fair dice. If the sum of the two numbers obtained is 2,3,4,9,10,11,or 12 the friend will pay you $20. However, if the sum of the two numbers is 5, 6,7, or 8, you pay your friend $20. This friend points out to you that ...
Monday, April 11, 2011 at 4:48pm by Sarita

Math
A person spins the pointer and is awarded the amount indicated by the pointer. (A circle with 3 sections divided: $2, $5, $10). The pointer stops on $2. It costs $6 to play the game. Determine: a.) The expectation of a person who plays the game. b.) The fair price to play the ...
Thursday, July 21, 2011 at 7:48pm by Jen

Math
Roulette is a well known game in which a mechanical device randomly selects one of 38 equally likely numbers. IF a player decides to play by choosing a number, he gains $35 if his number is selected by the device. If any other number is selceted he loses $1. Calculate the ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 4:10pm by Kayla

math
mike claims that the probability of winning a pick 6 number game where six numbers are drawn from the set 1 through 49 is about the same as getting 24 heads in a row when you flip a fair coin 1. find the probability of winning the pick 6 game and the probability of getting 24 ...
Monday, May 17, 2010 at 8:31pm by Sara!

Math
Anna and bob play a game in which Anna begins by rolling a fair dice, after which bob tosses a fair coin. They take turns until one of them wins. Anna wins when she rolls a 6. Bob wins when the coin lands on heads. What is the probability that Anna will win the game? Well ...
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 10:38pm by Sam

Math
Maria is playing a game of chance at the Hibiscus festival, costing $1 for each game. In the game two fair dice are rolled and the sum of the numbers that turn up is found. If the sum is seven, then Maria wins $5. Otherwise Maria loses her money. a) Construct Maria’s ...
Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 5:28pm by Koia

Math/Probability
Anna and bob play a game in which Anna begins by rolling a fair dice, after which bob tosses a fair coin. They take turns until one of them wins. Anna wins when she rolls a 6. Bob wins when the coin lands on heads. What is the probability that Anna will win the game? Well ...
Monday, May 31, 2010 at 12:44pm by Ally

Please can you help me (Probability)
Maria is playing a game of chance at the Hibiscus festival, costing $1 for each game. In the game two fair dice are rolled and the sum of the numbers that turn up is found. If the sum is seven, then Maria wins $5. Otherwise Maria loses her money. a) Please can you Construct ...
Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 10:17am by Fakaapo. Suetusi

Math
what is the expected value of a fair game? It depends on the game: the rewards and the probability of particular outcomes. If the lottery has a 10 million dollar prize, and I have a one in five chance of winning it (I wish), the expected value would be 1/5 * 10 Million
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 8:14am by Anonymous

math
Students at Euler Middle School are talking about ways to raise money for a school party. One student suggests a game called Heads or Tails. In this game, a player pays 50 cents and chooses heads or tails. The player then tosses a fair coin. If the coin mathces the player'...
Friday, March 5, 2010 at 3:43pm by susan

math-i have another question
Player A and B invented a new game. The probability for Player A to win a round is 1/3 and the probability that Player B will win a round is 2/3. To make the game fair, Player A will score 3 points when he/she winds a round and Player B will score 2 points when he/she wins. ...
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 10:13pm by Amaris

Math157
I am having problems finding the correct way to solve this problem. I don't know the formula or even how to set it up. "Sam brought one of 250 tickets selling for $2 in a game with a grand prize of $400. Was $2 a fair price to pay for a ticket to play this game. (...
Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 1:24am by Shea

Math
The expected value of throwing the die is.. 1/6(1+2+3+4+5+6)=21/6 dollars. That is the fair cost of playing the game.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 5:23pm by bobpursley

Statistics
If I deal you one card from a standard deck of 52 and it is a face card, I will give you a $5.00 bill. There are 12 face cards. There is one catch: You have to pay me something to play this game. How much would that be if the game is to be fair?
Sunday, September 26, 2010 at 11:00pm by Lori

statistics
your teacher has invented a fair dice game to play. your teacher will roll one fair eight sided die and you will roll a fair six sided die. each player rolls once and the winner is the person with the higher number. in case of a tie neither player wins. a. let A be the event &...
Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 3:03pm by bri

MATH
A STORE SELLS A GRAB BAG OF THREE TRAVEL SIZE GAMES. A BAG CONTAINS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BOOKS:A BOOK OF CROSSWORD PUZZLES, A BOOK OF WORD SEARCHES, OR A BOOK OF WORD SCRAMBLES. THE BAG ALSO CONTAINS A CHECKERS GAME OR A CHESS GAME AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING GAMES: A TILE GAME, ...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 7:58pm by MARLEN

math
At a fair malina ays a game in which she tosse a coin and then spins a spinner that has 5 different colors.How Many possible outcomes are there for malina?
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 6:19pm by Shelly

math
In rolling a pair of dice, suppose you win $5 if the sum is 10 but lose $2 if the roll is "doubles." If the price to play is $1, would it be a fair game? Justify your answer.
Friday, October 31, 2008 at 6:53pm by joey

Math
You are given 9 to 1 odds against rolling a sum of 8 with the roll of two fair dice, meaning you win $9 if you succeed and you lose $1 if you fail. Find the expected value (to you) of the game.
Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 12:12am by Alisha

math
expected return on a roll of 1 = (1/6)*1 = .1667 expected return on a roll of 2 = (1/6)*2 = .3333 expected return on a roll of 3 = (1/6)*3 = .5 expected return on a roll of 4 = (1/6)*4 = .6667 expected return on a roll of 5 = (1/6)*5 = .8333 expected return on a roll of 6 = (1...
Friday, November 13, 2009 at 2:17pm by Reiny

Math
"fair" is a subjective term. However, $4 is not "actuarilly fair" as the seller pulled in $1600 and only paid out $1000. $2.50 would have been and actuarilly fair price.
Monday, September 28, 2009 at 11:07pm by economyst

probability
explain the probabilty of one event in a fair game with three possible outcome
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 5:54pm by nathan

Stats
1. If you were to receive $3 for every time a 7 or 11 was rolled with two fair dice and lost $1 for all the ther values, what is the expected value (mean) for you as a gambler in this experiment? (please show work so I know how to do it). 2. Going with the question above, ...
Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 3:10pm by Kayla

Math
It doesn't make any sense to choose either hot or cold numbers. Assuming the game is fair, each number has the same chance of being selected as any other number.
Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 5:12pm by Ms. Sue

math
Pick a Card. Mike and dave play the following card game. Mike picks a card from the deck If he selects a heart Dave gives him $5, if not, he gives Dave $2. Determine Mikes's expectation. Determine Daves' expectation Can you help me with this? i have tried to do it and ...
Friday, July 13, 2012 at 5:31pm by Adie

math, HELP ME PLEASE!!
If you ask people at a football game if they like to watch football, is that a fair sample or should you stop people at random on the street?
Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 6:22pm by Damon

maths, economics, game theory
1. What is a degenerate game? 2. Is the following game degenerate or not, justify. 3. Find all nash equilibria in the game in pure or mixed strategies a b c d T 4,5 1,4 2,0 1,2 B 6,0 0,1 1,3 0,2
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 9:15pm by zayn

math
Calculate the total cost of each game including tax--remember that 8.125% = 0.08125 total cost = game + tax = $3.95 + 0.08125($3.95) Now divide the money he has ($20.92) by the total cost per game. Disregard any remainder/fraction/decimal of a game since you cannot normally ...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 11:08pm by Quidditch

math
If he wanted the fun of playing this game and taking a chance, it was a fair price. However, if he wanted to take the grand prize, he threw his money away. Odds of 1 out of 250 are pretty poor.
Friday, October 9, 2009 at 10:35pm by Ms. Sue

Ashford
This week you will analyze the computational complexity of the game you select. A good way to do this is to determine the steps of the game in the algorithm format from Week 4 and figure out how many steps it could take at maximum to finish the game. Include this analysis in ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 11:07pm by Sarah

Statistics
In a particular game, a fair die is tossed. If the number of spots showing is either four or five, you win $1. If the number of spots showing is six, you win $4. And if the number of spots showing is one, two, or three, you win nothing. You are going to play game twice. The ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 9:25pm by Moorpark

Math
Suppose you play a game in which two fair standard dice are rolled. If the numbers showing on the dice are different, you lose $2. If the numbers showing are the same, you win $2 plus the dollar value of the sum of dice. Complete the next table, in which the values in the ...
Sunday, April 18, 2010 at 3:12pm by Hannah

math
What is the mode of the scores for Game 3? _____ Team | Bowling Scores Member | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 Bob | 92 | 118 | 105 Craig | 127 | 101 | 96 Kim | 131 | 128 | 122 Nancy | 127 | 109 | 115 Phillip| 113 | 109 | 122 what is the mode in math again? and how do u find it out?
Monday, April 9, 2012 at 4:41pm by Cheril

AP Statistics
In a particular game, a fair die is tossed. If the number of spots showing is either four or five, you win $1. If the number of spots showing is six, you win $4. And if the number of spots showing is one, two, or three, you win nothing. You are going to play game twice. The ...
Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 10:58pm by Anonymous

math - question
In a television game show, there are five questions to answer. Each question is worth twice as much as the previous question. If the last question was worth $6400, what was the first question worth? is the answer 400
Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at 10:04am by anonymous

math
Prob(heart) = 1/4 prob(not a heart) = 3/4 Mike's expectation: he will receive $5 if he picks a heart expectation = 5(1/4) = $1.25 Dave's expectation: he will receive $2 if Mike does not pick heart expectation = $2(3/4) = $1.50 The game is clearly in Dave's favour. ...
Friday, July 13, 2012 at 5:31pm by Reiny

math
How to solve this??? The attendance at the game on two successive nights of Oakland A's baseball was 77,000. The attendance on Thursday's game was 7000 more than two thirds of the attendance at Friday nights game. How many people attended the baseball game each night?
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 3:30pm by Sean charles

computer science
This week you will determine the time complexity for a game of your choice. You should select a game that can be played in algorithmic steps and determine the maximum time (in notation) it will take to play the game. Use the guidelines below in your report. Include the ...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 10:51pm by Auto

Statistics
It's a simple question I am just so confused with this discrete probability distribution. The question is: In the New Jersey Pick 3 game, you pay $.50 to select a sequence of three digits, such as 911. If you play this game once every day, find the probability of winning ...
Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 1:10pm by Norilyn

1st Grade Math Fair Idea
Any ideas for math fair for my first grader using patterns?
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 3:32pm by Reba

math help!
A lottery game asks you to pick 5 numbers from the set 1, 2, 3, ... , 29, 30. How many ways are there to play this lottery game? (Assume that this is a game where the order of your picks does NOT matter.) A) 27,405 B) 84,825 C) 593,775 D) 142,506
Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 10:28pm by BreAnna

World History Game
A Monopoly-type board game A guess-what-this-photo-is game What else can you think of?
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 10:36am by Writeacher

math
Kendall pitches for his school's baseball team. Every game he averages 5 strikeouts per game. Each game is about 2 hours. If he pitches in 7 games during the season how many strikeouts will he have?
Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 2:37am by destiny

Math
Is it not fair for the organization selling the tickets to realize a profit? How is "fair" being defined?
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 12:08am by PsyDAG

Math
If all the possible outcomes are independent, one merely has to add the expected return of each outcome, so... "fair game" charge = 8(1/6) + 7(1/6) + (-3)(4/6) = .50 So in the "long run" at a 50 cents charge both the player and the house would break even.
Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 12:32am by Reiny

algebra
Let s be the score of the 3rd game s+10 was 1st game s-5 was 2nd game s+10 + s-5 + s = 275 3s + 5 = 275 3s = 270 s = 90 n So, the 3 games were 100 85 90 Don't know why the "highest number" question was asked. The answer is exact. If they had said "at least ...
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 1:55pm by Steve

probability
My daughter had the same problem today... The probability is 1/3... If its a fair game then all of the factors have equal opportunity to occur.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at 5:54pm by Massiel

Math
Brianna arrived at county fair at 10:25. she left at 11:40. how long was she at the fair?
Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 11:34pm by mahlon

math problem
In a television game show, there are five questions to answer. Each questin is worth twie as much as the previous question. If the last question was worth $64000, what was the first question worth?
Saturday, August 8, 2009 at 9:02pm by marcus

Probability
You and a friend play the following game: You pay your friend $3 each turn and then flip a fair coin. It it’s tails, your friend pays you $(2^n), where n is the number of times you’ve flipped the coin, and the game ends. If it’s heads, you have the choice of ...
Friday, June 29, 2007 at 12:22am by Beena

Science Fair
My friend told me this science fair at Rockland, Rockland Sit Fair and I'm doing my science fair project on about the human body like junk food vs healthy food. What title I should use it for???? Plus can you give me the right information about this. Please Thank You!!!
Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 3:42pm by Lauren

algebra 1A
the fun guys game was rental store charges an annual fee of $5 plus $5.50 per game rented. the game bank charges an annual gee of $17 plus $2.50 per game. for how many game rentals will the cost be the same at both stores? what is the cost?
Monday, May 14, 2012 at 12:14am by loraine

algebra
amys bowling score in her 3rd game was 10 less that her score in her first game and 5 more than her second game. The total points of all 3 games were 275. What is the highest number of points she could have scored in her first game?
Friday, December 9, 2011 at 1:55pm by Anonymous

Math question
A computer game starts with a set of 125 tiles separated into 25 equal groups.Janene played the game until there were 6 groups of tiles left.How many tiles were left when Janene finished?
Saturday, September 22, 2007 at 7:47am by Tiffany

english
i have to write an essay of my choice so i chose game designer can someone tell me the duties of a game designer well this is what i found: "A game designer is responsible for designing the layout and gameplay of a video game, including the characters, plot, different ...
Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 7:59pm by needhelp

Statistics
Here's another tricky probability question. A soccer player scores an average of 3 goals per game: a) What is the probability that he or she will score 4 goals in a given game?
Monday, March 7, 2011 at 10:38pm by James

math fair
My school is having a Math fair using the strands. we are to make the project fun. I need to know how and what to do. I need help! my email is
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 8:53pm by Joycelyn

Probability
You are given 4 to 1 odds against tossing 2 tails and in 2 tosses of a fair coin. This means that you win $4 if you succeed and you lose $1 if you fail. Find the expected value(toyou) of the game. Round to nearest cent.
Friday, July 23, 2010 at 12:03pm by AJC

world issues
Fair trade is a term that has many meanings, and the meanings are vastly different to different peoples. You have to define that before you ask your question. Here in Texas, fair trade for the seller and the buyer are not the same meaning.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 4:56pm by bobpursley

math
I'll be glad to help you if you click Post a New Question and then post your question. You've barged in and tried to piggy back on another student's question. That isn't fair to that student or yourself because piggy backed questions are deleted.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 at 9:29pm by Ms. Sue

math
child's fair ticket is $5 and adult fair ticket are $5. 1050 people attend the fair. fair collects $7350. how many of each type of ticket were sold? sorry. child is $5 and adult is $8 Try this: x = no. of children attending the fair y = no. of adults attending the fair so...
Friday, February 2, 2007 at 1:14am by gaynell

English
The second is the better answer because in it you're referring to the game in general, not one specific game (as implied in the first one "in a soccer game").
Monday, June 13, 2011 at 6:09am by Writeacher

math
a person spins the pointer and is awarded the amount indicated by pointer.It cost $5. to play . There are three sections $2.00 1/2, $5.00 1/4. and $10.00 1/4 what is the expectation of a person who pays. what is the fair price to play game
Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 3:36am by canduy

1st grade Math Fair
My school is planning a Math Fair. Each grade will compete with same grade team members. The rules are: TO make it fun and use Al. math strands . The problem is I dont know where or how to begin this project. Can anyone help?
Friday, January 1, 2010 at 12:30am by Joyce

math
A pair of dice is rolled once. suppose you lose $9 if the dice sum to 9 and win $11 if the dice sum to 4 or 6. how much should you win or lose if any other number turns up in order for the game to be fair?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 11:13pm by Maddy

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