Find the mgf for a discrete random variable X = [x₁,x₂,...,x] with pmf P(x), i=1,2,......,n and hence show that the nth moment, m₁ = x,"P(x₁) +x,"P(x₂) +x₂" P(x₂)+.... n

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Find the mgf for a discrete random variable X=[x₁,x₂,...,x,] with pmf P(x;), i=1,2,......,n
and hence show that the nth moment, m₁ = x,"P(x₁) +x₂"P(x₂) +x₂”P(x₂)+....
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