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    The document discusses three fruit machines with independently spinning reels and different probabilities of outcomes. Machine 1 has 27 possible combinations, Machine 2 has 64 possible combinations, and Machine 3 has either 216 or 48 possible combinations depending on whether repeats are included. If each machine was played 5000 times, Machine 1 would pay out the most with an expected 185 times based on the individual probability calculations provided for each machine.

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    Calculate the probability of each event on the fruit machine. These are the answers.

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    The document discusses three fruit machines with independently spinning reels and different probabilities of outcomes. Machine 1 has 27 possible combinations, Machine 2 has 64 possible combinations, and Machine 3 has either 216 or 48 possible combinations depending on whether repeats are included. If each machine was played 5000 times, Machine 1 would pay out the most with an expected 185 times based on the individual probability calculations provided for each machine.

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    Fruit Machine Probability Answers

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    The document discusses three fruit machines with independently spinning reels and different probabilities of outcomes. Machine 1 has 27 possible combinations, Machine 2 has 64 possible combinations, and Machine 3 has either 216 or 48 possible combinations depending on whether repeats are included. If each machine was played 5000 times, Machine 1 would pay out the most with an expected 185 times based on the individual probability calculations provided for each machine.

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    Fruit Machine Probability - Answers A company produces different types of fruit machine that have 3 reels.

    Look at the fruit machines below and answer the questions that the company directors want to know about each. All the companys machines pay out a set amount when the machine shows three cherries. Fruit Machine 1:

    The reels all spin independently. What is the probability that: 1. I get a cherry on the first reel? 2. I get a cherry on the first two reels? 3. The machine will pay out? 4. How many different combinations could the machine show? 27

    Fruit Machine 2:

    The reels all spin independently. What is the probability that: 1. I get a cherry on the first reel? 2. I get a cherry on the first two reels? 3. The machine will pay out? 4. How many different combinations could the machine show? 64

    Fruit Machine 3:

    The reels all spin independently. What is the probability that: 1. I get a cherry on the first reel? 2. I get a cherry on the first two reels? 3. The machine will pay out? 4. How many different combinations could this machine show? 216 (not including repeats) or 48 (with repeats taken out) 5. If each machine was played 5000 times, which one would pay out the most? (Show your workings) Machine 1 185 times (2 78 times, 3 139 times)

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