The following table shows the probability distribution function for the number of high school years that students at a local high school study a single foreign language. X P(X=x) 0 0.10 1 0.10 2   3 0.34 4 0.14 What is the probability that X=2? Please explain how you derived this answer.

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The following table shows the probability distribution function for the number of high school years that students at a local high school study a single foreign language.

X

P(X=x)

0

0.10

1

0.10

2

 

3

0.34

4

0.14

What is the probability that X=2?

Please explain how you derived this answer.

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We have given that, 

 

X p(X= x) 
0 0.10
1 0.10
2
3 0.34
4 0.14

 

Then, 

We will find the probability that X = 2 ? 

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