The following distribution is for the number of children in a family. Find the mean number of children in a family to two decimal places     Y   0      1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9      10 P(Y)  .12   .16  .24   .10   .08   .06   .06   .05   .05   .04    .04

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The following distribution is for the number of children in a family. Find the mean number of children in a family to two decimal places

    Y   0      1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8      9      10

P(Y)  .12   .16  .24   .10   .08   .06   .06   .05   .05   .04    .04

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