Problema Solution

a bag contains 7 pennies, 8 nickels, 5 dimes and 3 quarters. If you select one coin at random, how much money would you expect to get? (statistic)

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expcted money = 0.01*(7/23) + 0.05*(8/23) + 0.10*(5/23) + 0.25*(3/23) 

= (0.07+ 0.40 + 0.50 + 0.75)/23 = 1.72/23 = $0.075