A local community center is holding a raffle for its members.  There is one grand prize of $500, there are four prizes of $100, and 15 prizes of $25.  For the raffle 200 tickets are sold for $5 each. a)  What is the expected value of a person who buys a raffle ticket?  b)  Are the odds in the favor of the person buying a ticket or the community center?  c)  How much would a raffle ticket have to be to break even?

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A local community center is holding a raffle for its members.  There is one grand prize of $500, there are four prizes of $100, and 15 prizes of $25.  For the raffle 200 tickets are sold for $5 each.

a)  What is the expected value of a person who buys a raffle ticket? 

b)  Are the odds in the favor of the person buying a ticket or the community center? 

c)  How much would a raffle ticket have to be to break even? 

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