At a raffle, 1000 tickets are being sold for $10 each. there is one prize of $500, two prizes of $250, three prizes of $150, and four prizes of $75. if you buy one ticket, what is the expected value of your gain?

S. you are changing planes in london for a flight to paris where you will connect with your flight to capetown. you are picking up reading material for the flight and are looking at the prices listed on the economist magazine which conveniently lists prices in several different global currencies. you note that the price in pounds is 2.40 pounds and the price in euros is 2 euros. the exchange rate for the dollar (your credit card was issued in the usa) is $1.59/pound and s1.3837/euro. should you buy reading materials now or wait until you're in paris?