FIRST COURSE IN PROBABILITY (LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9780134753751
Author: Ross
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.3STPE
(a)
To determine
To find: Expectation of X.
(b)
To determine
To find: Variance of X
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