Question

A slot machine consists of 4 reels, and each real consists of 16 stops. To win the jackpot of $10,000, a player must get a wild symbol on the center line of each reel. If each reel has two wild symbols, find the probability of winning the jackpot. A. 1/4,096 B. 1/8,192 C. 1/8 D. 4/65,536

Answer 1

For each reel, there are a total of 16 stops and 2 wild symbols. Thus, the probability of getting a wild symbol on the center line of each reel is:

P(getting a wild symbol on a reel) = 2/16 = 1/8

To calculate the probability of winning the jackpot, we need to multiply the probability of getting a wild symbol on each reel:

P(winning the jackpot) = (1/8) * (1/8) * (1/8) * (1/8) = 1/65,536

Therefore, the correct answer is D. 4/65,536.

Answer 2

Answer: The probability of winning the jackpot is 1/4096, which corresponds to option A

Explanation:

To find the probability of winning the jackpot, we need to find the probability of getting a wild symbol on the center line of each of the 4 reels.

Since there are 16 stops on each reel and 2 wild symbols on each reel, the probability of getting a wild symbol on the center line of a single reel is 2/16 or 1/8.

The probability of getting a wild symbol on the center line of all 4 reels is the product of the probabilities for each reel. Thus:

(1/8) * (1/8) * (1/8) * (1/8) = 1/4096