Large black-tailed gulls usually lay one to three eggs, and rarely have a fourth egg clutch. It is thought that clutch sizes are limited by how effectively parents can incubate their eggs. Suppose that on average, gulls have a 11.7% of laying 1 egg, 31.6% of laying 2 eggs, 5.7% chance of laying 3 eggs, and 51% chance of laying 4 eggs. What is the expected value of the number of eggs laid by a random sample of 100 gulls? Round your answer to five decimal places.

Large black-tailed gulls usually lay one to three eggs, and rarely have a fourth egg clutch. It is thought that clutch sizes are limited by how effectively parents can incubate their eggs. Suppose that on average, gulls have a 11.7% of laying 1 egg, 31.6% of laying 2 eggs, 5.7% chance of laying 3 eggs, and 51% chance of laying 4 eggs. What is the expected value of the number of eggs laid by a random sample of 100 gulls? Round your answer to five decimal places.

College Algebra

10th Edition

ISBN:9781337282291

Author:Ron Larson

Publisher:Ron Larson

Chapter8: Sequences, Series,and Probability

Section8.7: Probability

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