A box has 7 blue marbles and 9 yellow marbles.  Pick 2 marbles randomly from the box. Let X be the number of blue marbles in 2 marbles picked.  Calculate the expectation of X.

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A box has 7 blue marbles and 9 yellow marbles. 

Pick 2 marbles randomly from the box.

Let X be the number of blue marbles in 2 marbles picked. 

Calculate the expectation of X.

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