John bought one of 200 raffle tickets for $10. The
sponsors then randomly select one grand prize worth $200, two
second prizes worth $100 each, and three third prizes at $50
each.
(a) Verify that this is a probability
distribution.
(b) Recognizing that John spent $10 to buy a ticket, determine the
expected value of this raffle to him.
Total number of tickets =N=200
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