Chapter 17, Problem 17.11E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The average number of insects per month in the given system is to be calculated.

Concept introduction:

The average value of variables can be determined by using the probabilities of the variables. The formula used to calculate average using probability is given below.

$\overline{u}=\frac{{\displaystyle \sum _{j=1}^{\text{Possible}\text{values}}{u}_j.P_j}}{{\displaystyle \sum _j{P}_j}}$