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For unemployed persons in the United States, the average number of months of unemployment at the end of December 2009 was approximately seven months (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2010). Suppose the following data are for a particular region in upstate New York. The values in the first column show the number of
months unemployed and the values in the second column show the corresponding number of unemployed persons.
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Unemployed
Number
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1
1029
2
1686
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2269
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2675
5
3487
6
4652
7
4145
8
3587
9
2325
10
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Let x be a random variable indicating the number of months a person is unemployed.
a. Use the data to develop an empirical discrete probability distribution for x (to 4 decimals).
(x)
f(x)
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2
3
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7
8
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b. Show that your probability distribution satisfies the conditions for a valid discrete probability distribution.
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