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A box contains ten $1 bills, five $2 bills, three $5 bills, three $10 bills, and three $100 bills. A person is charged $20 to reach into the box while blindfolded and pull out one bill. Find the person's expected average winning or profit each time the game is played. For this game to be fair, how much should the person be charged to play?

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The expert examines the statistics for the person to be charged to play.

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The probability of getting each kind of bill is:

$1 5/12 or .417
$2 5/24 or ...

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