A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)
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A table at a fair is testing out a new game that works as follows: the player
rolls two six-sided dice. If the first die is less than six, then the player wins no money. If
the first die shows the number six and the second die shows the number m, then the player
wins 6/m dollars. How much money should the table at the fair charge to the play the game
if the table wants to have an expected earnings of $0.55 on a single game?
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