Construct the probability distribution. Fifteen words are written on small strips of paper and placed in a bowl. There are three words with three letters, three words with five letters, four words with six letters, three words with seven letters and two word with ten letters. A strip is randomly selected from the bowl. Let the random variable X be the number of letters in the word written on the selected chip.

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Construct the probability distribution. Fifteen words are written on small strips of paper and placed in a bowl. There are three words with three letters, three words with five letters, four words with six letters, three words with seven letters and two word with ten letters. A strip is randomly selected from the bowl. Let the random variable X be the number of letters in the word written on the selected chip.
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