Comments on: Extra Credit Problem 3 http://jsgeometry.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/extra-credit-problem-3/ Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:07:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: ardia http://jsgeometry.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/extra-credit-problem-3/comment-page-1/#comment-479 ardia Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:54:54 +0000 http://jsgeometry.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/extra-credit-problem-3/#comment-479 In the Gee Whiz Everyone Wins! television game show, members of the studio audience draw a block randomly from a bucket containing 2 red blocks, 1 yellow block, and 3 blue blocks. If a blue block is drawn, the contestant wins $5. If a red block is drawn, the contestant wins $10. If the yellow block is drawn, the contestant wins $50. The block is replaced after each draw. a. What is the probability of drawing each color? 2red + 1yellow + 3blue = 6blocks there are 6 blocks all together so the probability of drawing a: red block is 2/6 or 1/3 yellow block is 1/6 blue block is 3/6 or 1/2 b. If 24 contestants draw a block from the bucket, how much money can the game show expect to pay out? once agian "2red + 1yellow + 3blue = 6blocks" OR 10 + 10 + 50 + 5 + 5 + 5 = $85 24 divided by 6 is 4 so .. 4 X 85 = $340 If there was 24 contestants on this game show .. the show would expect to give out $340. In the Gee Whiz Everyone Wins! television game show, members of the studio audience draw a block randomly from a bucket containing 2 red blocks, 1 yellow block, and 3 blue blocks. If a blue block is drawn, the contestant wins $5. If a red block is drawn, the contestant wins $10. If the yellow block is drawn, the contestant wins $50. The block is replaced after each draw.

a. What is the probability of drawing each color?
2red + 1yellow + 3blue = 6blocks

there are 6 blocks all together so the probability of drawing a:

red block is 2/6 or 1/3

yellow block is 1/6

blue block is 3/6 or 1/2

b. If 24 contestants draw a block from the bucket, how much money can the game show expect to pay out?

once agian
“2red + 1yellow + 3blue = 6blocks” OR
10 + 10 + 50 + 5 + 5 + 5 = $85

24 divided by 6 is 4
so .. 4 X 85 = $340

If there was 24 contestants on this game show .. the show would expect to give out $340.

]]> By: Evan Fraser http://jsgeometry.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/extra-credit-problem-3/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Evan Fraser Sat, 27 Jan 2007 23:51:10 +0000 http://jsgeometry.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/extra-credit-problem-3/#comment-469 a) probabilities blue=50% red=33.33% yellow=16.67% b)330$ a) probabilities
blue=50%
red=33.33%
yellow=16.67%

b)330$

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