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Let X equal the outcome when a fair four-sided die that has its faces numbered 0, 1, 2, and 3 is rolled. Let Y equal the outcome when a fair four-sided die that has its faces numbered 0,4, 8, and 12 is rolled.
(a) Define the mgf of X.
(b) Define the mgf of Y.
(c) Let
(d) (live the pmf of W; that is. determine
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