Given the following probability distribution, what is the expected value of the random variable X?      X P(X) 100 .10 150 .20 200 .30 250 .30 300 .10 Sum 1.00     Multiple Choice Top of Form 175 150 200 205

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Given the following probability distribution, what is the expected value of the random variable X?
 

 

 

X

P(X)

100

.10

150

.20

200

.30

250

.30

300

.10

Sum

1.00

 

 

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175

150

200

205

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