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Transcribed Image Text:.1 The probability of an event depends on the random
variable X and can be expressed by the following formula:
P(A | x) = {1
(1 - e-kx for x > 0,
for x < 0
(k > 0).
Find the total probability of the event A if X is a normally distributed
random variable with expectation x and variance o².
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