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Consider a discrete random variable X that can take on the values {1, 2, 3, 4} with probabilities {0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.1} respectively. What is the expected value of X?

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Author:James Stewart, Lothar Redlin, Saleem Watson

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Chapter9: Counting And Probability

Section9.4: Expected Value

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