et X represent the number of visits to the GP over the last 12 months. From past records of patients, the GP has constructed the following probability distribution for X. X 0 1 2 3 7 P(X=x) 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1   What is the expected number of visits given that a patient has had at least one visit? (correct to one decimal place)

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Let X represent the number of visits to the GP over the last 12 months. From past records of patients, the GP has constructed the following probability distribution for X.

X

0

1

2

3

7

P(X=x)

0.5

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

 

What is the expected number of visits given that a patient has had at least one visit? (correct to one decimal place)

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