6. The sample space of a random experiment is S = {a, b, c, d, e, f} and each result is equally probable. A random variable X is defined as follows:   The expected value of X is: select one: a. 2.5 b. 1.33 c. 1.66 d. 0.916

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6. The sample space of a random experiment is S = {a, b, c, d, e, f} and each result is equally probable. A random variable X is defined as follows:

 

The expected value of X is:

select one:

a. 2.5

b. 1.33

c. 1.66

d. 0.916

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