4. Suppose that we roll three fair dice. (a) What is the expected value of the sum of the numbers that come up? (b) What is the variance of the sum of the numbers that come up?
4. Suppose that we roll three fair dice. (a) What is the expected value of the sum of the numbers that come up? (b) What is the variance of the sum of the numbers that come up?
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(a) What is the expected value of the sum of the numbers that come
up?
(b) What is the variance of the sum of the numbers that come up?
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