The number of students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has risen to an all-time high of more than 1.5 million (College Board, August 26, 2008). Students are allowed to repeat the test in hopes of improving the score that is sent to college and university admission offices. The number of times the SAT was taken and the number of students are as follows. Number of Times Number of Students 1 721,769 2 601,325 3 166,736 4 22,299 5 6,730 Let x be a random variable indicating the number of times a student takes the Show the probability distribution for this random variable.

The number of students taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) has risen to an all-time high of more than 1.5 million (College Board, August 26, 2008). Students are allowed to repeat the test in hopes of improving the score that is sent to college and university admission offices. The number of times the SAT was taken and the number of students are as follows. Number of Times Number of Students 1 721,769 2 601,325 3 166,736 4 22,299 5 6,730 Let x be a random variable indicating the number of times a student takes the Show the probability distribution for this random variable.

A First Course in Probability (10th Edition)

10th Edition

ISBN:9780134753119

Author:Sheldon Ross

Publisher:Sheldon Ross

Chapter1: Combinatorial Analysis

Section: Chapter Questions

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