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From an urn that contains five red, five white, and five
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From an urn that contains five red, five white, and five blue chips, we draw two chips at random. For each blue chip we win $1, for each white chip we win $2, but for each red chip we lose $3. If X represents the amount that we either win or we lose, what are the possible values of X and probabilities associated with them?
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QUESTION:
From an urn that contains five red, five white, and five blue chips, we draw two chips at random. For each blue chip we win $1, for each white chip we win $2, but for each red chip we lose $3. If X represents the amount that we either win or we lose, what are the possible values of X and probabilities associated with them?
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Given data:
The urn contains five red, five white, and five blue chips.
We draw two chips at random.
For each blue chip, we win $1; for each white chip, we win $2; for each red chip, we lose $3.
Let X represent the amount that we either win or lose.