A person plays a board game where he blindly picks a colored chip from a container. There are 20 chips in the container: 5 red, 11 green, and 4 blue. He gets to move his game piece 10 spaces, zero spaces for a green chip, and he has to move backwards 15 spaces if he picks a blue chip. Use mathematical calculations to prove whether or not the game is fair. Show all of your calculations for full credit.

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Demarcus Baird

Mathematics

2 December, 07:40

A person plays a board game where he blindly picks a colored chip from a container. There are 20 chips in the container: 5 red, 11 green, and 4 blue. He gets to move his game piece 10 spaces, zero spaces for a green chip, and he has to move backwards 15 spaces if he picks a blue chip. Use mathematical calculations to prove whether or not the game is fair. Show all of your calculations for full credit.

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Kathryn Ashley · Answer 1

For the game to be fair it should have 50 50 winning and losing chances right?

You get paid only if u pick a red one and choosing a red one out of all is having a

520=1

chance right? So do u think it's fair?