Given the following probability distribution:      X      P(X)      10    0.3      20    0.1      30    0.5      40    0.1 What is the mean (expected value)?

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Chapter12: Probability
Section12.2: Introduction To Probability
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Given the following probability distribution:

     X      P(X)

     10    0.3

     20    0.1

     30    0.5

     40    0.1

What is the mean (expected value)?

 

 

 

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