Suppose that a box contains 6 cameras and that 3 of them are defective. A sample of 2 cameras is selected at random. Define the random variable XX as the number of defective cameras in the sample. What is the probability distrubition for  X ? What is the expected value of X ?

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Suppose that a box contains 6 cameras and that 3 of them are defective. A sample of 2 cameras is selected at random. Define the random variable XX as the number of defective cameras in the sample.

What is the probability distrubition for  X ?

What is the expected value of X ?

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