Given the following probability distribution, what is the expected value of the random variable X? P(X) 100 .10 .20 .30 150 200 250 .30 300 10 1.00 Sum

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Given the following probability distribution, what is the expected value of the random
variable X?
P(X)
100
.10
150
.20
200
.30
250
.30
300
.10
Sum
1.00
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150
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