Many states conduct lotteries; a typical lottery payoff ticket is shown here. Assume there are 20 numbers chosen from a set of 80 possible numbers. What is the expectation for a three-spot game? Assume that the ticket cost $1.
3 SPOT GAMEMATCHPRIZE32$50$5?

A. $0.50
B. - $0.50
C. $0.78
D. - $0.39
E. $0.39


Answer: D

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