a) Find the value of ‘*’ and Find the expected category of hurricane to make landfall, E(X). What is the probability that a Category 4 or stronger hurricane will make landfall?Calculate the variance. Table 1 below shows the probability distribution of hurricanes that have made landfall inthe Caribbean. The random variable, X, is the category of the hurricane. Category 1 is theweakest hurricane level while category 5 is the strongest.Table 130.131P(X=x) 0.4120.3440.075*

a) Find the value of ‘*’ and Find the expected category of hurricane to make landfall, E(X). What is the probability that a Category 4 or stronger hurricane will make landfall?Calculate the variance.

a) Find the value of ‘*’ and Find the expected category of hurricane to make landfall, E(X). What is the probability that a Category 4 or stronger hurricane will make landfall?Calculate the variance.

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a) Find the value of ‘*’ and Find the expected category of hurricane to make landfall, E(X).
What is the probability that a Category 4 or stronger hurricane will make landfall?Calculate the variance.

Table 1 below shows the probability distribution of hurricanes that have made landfall in
the Caribbean. The random variable, X, is the category of the hurricane. Category 1 is the
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