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Throwing a biased die, a person will get 5 Rupees if he throws the number 5 and will get 8 Rupees for any other number, then the expected income (in Rupees) per throw is (it is given that the number 5 will appear 5 times as frequently as any other number)
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6.5
Let the probability of getting any number other than 5 is P, then the probability of getting 5 is 5P.
P + P + P + P + P + 5P = l 
Expected income per throw 
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