Question

Alexandra plays poker with seven friends. Each of the eight players starts with 60 chips, but players take chips from one another as play progresses. The goal of the game is to win all of the chips. A player drops out of the game if she loses all her chips to other players in the game. After five players have dropped out of the game, what is the average number of chips each of the remaining players has

Answer 1

160 chips

Explanation:

Given

`n = 8` --- players

`c = 60` --- chips per player

First, calculate the total chips

`Total = n * c`

`Total = 8 * 60`

`Total = 480`

After 5 players are out; there are 3 players remaining in the game

So, the average number of chip with each of the remaining player is:

`Average = (Total)/(n-5)`

`Average = (480)/(8-5)`

`Average = (480)/(3)`

`Average = 160`