Suppose that a box contains 8 cameras and that 5 of them are defective. A sample of 2 cameras is selected at random without replacement. Define the random variable X as the number of defective cameras in the sample. Write the probability distribution for X. What is the expected value of X?

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Suppose that a box contains 8 cameras and that 5 of them are defective. A sample of 2 cameras is selected at random without replacement. Define the random variable X as the number of defective cameras in the sample. Write the probability distribution for X. What is the expected value of X?

 

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