A certain brand of cars captured 21.7% of the market. If 3 cars are selected at random, the probability distribution is given below. x 0 1 2 3 P(x) 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 What is the expected value? E(x) = (Type an integer or a decimal.)

A certain brand of cars captured 21.7% of the market. If 3 cars are selected at random, the probability distribution is given below. x 0 1 2 3 P(x) 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 What is the expected value? E(x) = (Type an integer or a decimal.)

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

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Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

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