A casino features a game in which a weighted coin is tossed several times. The table shows the probability of each payout amount (assume that the remaining probability has a payout of 0 so that the probabilities add to 1). To the nearest dollar, what is expected payout of the game? Payout Amount $130  $2,800  $135,000  Probability  0.131 0.021 0.0003

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A casino features a game in which a weighted coin is tossed several times. The table shows the probability of each payout amount (assume that the remaining probability has a payout of 0 so that the probabilities add to 1). To the nearest dollar, what is expected payout of the game?

Payout Amount

$130 

$2,800 

$135,000 

Probability 

0.131

0.021

0.0003

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