Suppose that a box contains 9 cameras and that 4 of them are defective. A sample of 2 cameras is selected at random. Define the random variable x as the number of defective cameras in the sample. Write the probability distribution for x P(x) 0 1 2 X OT OF What is the expected value of x?

Suppose that a box contains 9 cameras and that 4 of them are defective. A sample of 2 cameras is selected at random. Define the random variable x as the number of defective cameras in the sample. Write the probability distribution for x P(x) 0 1 2 X OT OF What is the expected value of x?

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