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HigherNon-calculatorP2 Randomness

Question 1 · 4 marks

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A biased dice is thrown. The probabilities of 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are each 0.15. At a fair, each throw costs 60p. A player who throws a 6 wins £2. Otherwise the player wins nothing.
The dice is thrown 300 times. Work out an estimate of the organiser's profit.
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