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The following is a probability distribution for the number of children in a randomly selected household.
Children Frequency
0 20.0
1 42.5
2 27.5
3 7.5
4 2.5
For a randomly selected household, let Y denote the number of children in that household.
- a) Identify the possible values of the random variable Y.
- b) Use random variable notation to represent the
event the event that a household has exactly 2 children in it. - c) Determine P(Y=y); interpret it in terms of percentages.
- d) Use random variable notation to represent the event a household has between 1 and 3 children, inclusive.
- e) Determine P(1 lesser than ylesser than 3)
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