Answer:
D. The mathematical expectation of Option A is 1. The mathematical expectation of Option B is 1.5. Option B offers a greater likelihood of advancing to the finish line.
Step-by-step explanation:
The result of a product is odd only when the two numbers are odds.
There are 6*6 = 36 possible outcomes when two dice are rolled. Only 9 of them are a combination of two odd numbers: {1, 1} {1, 3} {1, 5} {3, 1} {3, 3} {3, 5} {5, 1} {5, 3} {5, 5}. Then 36 - 9 = 27 outcomes are even.
P(even) = 27/36 = 0.75
Option A) Mathematical expectation: 0.75*4 + 0.25*(-8) = 1
Option B) Mathematical expectation: 0.75*5 + 0.25*(-9) = 1.5
Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:
The given system is:


Since I prefer to use smaller numbers I'm going to divide both sides of the first equation by 3 and both sides of the equation equation by 6.
This gives me the system:


We could solve the first equation for
and replace the second
with that.
Let's do that.

Subtract
on both sides:

So we are replacing the second
in the second equation with
which gives us:





Now recall the first equation we arranged so that
was the subject. I'm referring to
.
We can now find
given that
using the equation
.
Let's do that.
with
:



So the solution is (8,-1).
We can check this point by plugging it into both equations.
If both equations render true for that point, then we have verify the solution.
Let's try it.
with
:


is a true equation so the "solution" looks promising still.
with
:


is also true so the solution has been verified since both equations render true for that point.
If you multiply 268 with 6, you get 1608 as your answer.
(9x+10)² or (9x+10)(9x+10)