Let x represent the number of times a customer visits a grocery store in a 1-week period. Assume this is the probability distribution of x. Find the expected value of x, the average number of times a customer visits the store.   X 0 1 2 3 P(x) 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1

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Let x represent the number of times a customer visits a grocery store in a 1-week period. Assume this is the probability distribution of x. Find the expected value of x, the average number of times a customer visits the store.

 

X

0

1

2

3

P(x)

0.1

0.4

0.4

0.1

 

You know only that your colleague has three children. Suppose the chance of a child being a girl is ½. Let x be the number of girls in three children.

(a) Construct a probability distribution.

(b) Construct a histogram.

(c) What is the probability of having all three girls?

(d) Find the expected value of having girls in three children.

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