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One option in a roulette game is to bet $20 on red. (There are 18 red compartments, 18 black compartments, and two compartments that are neither red nor black.) Ifthe ball lands on red, you get to keep the $20 you paid to play the game and youare awarded $20. If the ball lands elsewhere, you are awarded nothing and the $20that you bet is collected. Find the expected payback for this roulette game if you bet $20 on red.The expected payback is $ (Round to the nearest cent as needed.)

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In order to calculate the expected value, we need to calculate the sum of products of every possibility (the product of its pr

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