A mail-order computer business has six telephone lines. Let X denote the number of lines in use at a specified time. Suppose the pmf of X is as given in the accompanying table.   x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 p(x) .10 .15 .20 25 .20 .06 .04 Calculate the probability of each of the following events.   a. {atmost three lines are in use} b. {fewer than three lines are in use} c .{atleast three lines are in use} d. {between two and five lines,inclusive,are in use} e. {between two and four lines,inclusive,are not in use} f. {at least four lines are not in use}

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A mail-order computer business has six telephone lines. Let X denote the number of lines in use at a specified time. Suppose the pmf of X is as given in the accompanying table.

 

x

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

p(x)

.10

.15

.20

25

.20

.06

.04

Calculate the probability of each of the following events.

 

a. {atmost three lines are in use}

b. {fewer than three lines are in use}

c .{atleast three lines are in use}

d. {between two and five lines,inclusive,are in use}

e. {between two and four lines,inclusive,are not in use}

f. {at least four lines are not in use}

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