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ERIC Number: EJ480186
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0025-5769
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Expected Value and the Wheel of Fortune Game.
Woodward, Ernest; Woodward, Marilyn
Mathematics Teacher, v87 n1 p13-17 Jan 1994
Presents two methods of calculating the expected value for a participant on the television game show "The Wheel of Fortune." The first approach involves the use of basic expected-value principles. The second approach uses those principles in addition to infinite geometric series. (MDH)
Descriptors: Enrichment Activities, Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematical Formulas, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Statistics
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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