) A chemical supply company currently has in stock 100 lb of a certain chemical, which it sells to customers in 4-lb batches. Let X = the number of batches ordered by a randomly chosen customer, and suppose that X has the following pmf. x 1 2 3 4 p(x)       0.3     0.5     0.1     0.1   Compute V(X).   B) Similar to qustion A), a chemical supply company currently has in stock 100 lb of a certain chemical, which it sells to customers in 4-lb batches. Let X = the number of batches ordered by a randomly chosen customer, and suppose that X has the following pmf. x 1 2 3 4 p(x)       0.3     0.5     0.1     0.1

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A) A chemical supply company currently has in stock 100 lb of a certain chemical, which it sells to customers in 4-lb batches. Let X = the number of batches ordered by a randomly chosen customer, and suppose that X has the following pmf.

x 1 2 3 4
p(x)       0.3     0.5     0.1     0.1  

Compute V(X).

 

B) Similar to qustion A), a chemical supply company currently has in stock 100 lb of a certain chemical, which it sells to customers in 4-lb batches. Let X = the number of batches ordered by a randomly chosen customer, and suppose that X has the following pmf.

x 1 2 3 4
p(x)       0.3     0.5     0.1     0.1  

Compute the expected number of pounds left after the next customer's order is shipped. [Hint: The number of pounds left is a linear function of X.]

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