Find the value of ? that will make the above distribution a probability distribution

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Chapter10: Sequences, Series, And Probability
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The number of kids per family in a school district with associated probabilities is
given in the table below

0 1 2 3 4 5
p (x) 0.09 0.24 0.27 0.25 a 0.03

a) Find the value of ? that will make the above distribution a probability distribution

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