Waleed decided to construct a probability distribution of tossing five coins. He considers his random variable X, to be the number of Tails on all five coins. a. List the sample space for the experiment.   b. What are the possible values for X? c. Construct a probability distribution for his experiment.

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Waleed decided to construct a probability distribution of tossing five coins. He considers his random variable X, to be the number of Tails on all five coins.

a. List the sample space for the experiment.

 

b. What are the possible values for X?

c. Construct a probability distribution for his experiment.

d. Find E (-4x + 16). e. Find V (-6x).

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