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Let the random variables X and Y have the probability distributions listed in Table 15. Determine the probability distributions of the random variables in Exercises 13–20.
Table 15
K |
|
k |
|
0 |
.1 |
5 |
.3 |
1 |
.2 |
10 |
.4 |
2 |
.4 |
15 |
.1 |
3 |
.1 |
20 |
.1 |
4 |
.2 |
25 |
.1 |
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