An urn contains 6 balls that are numbered 1 through 6. Suppose you draw 4 balls randomly in sequence, each time the replacing the ball selected previously. Let X be the maximum of the 4 numbers chosen. Find the probabilities P(X = k) for all possible values k. (Hint: First compute the cumulative distribution function of X)

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An urn contains 6 balls that are numbered 1 through 6. Suppose you draw 4 balls randomly in sequence, each time the replacing the ball selected previously. Let X be the maximum of the 4 numbers chosen. Find the probabilities P(X = k) for all possible values k.
(Hint: First compute the cumulative distribution function of X)

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