MATLAB: An Introduction with Applications
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Maria plays the following game: There is a jar containing 2 gold coins, 2 silver coins, and 6 bronze coins.
- She must select two coins.
- She gets $2 for each gold coin she selects.
- She gets $1 for each silver coin she selects.
- She gets nothing for selecting bronze coins.
For example, if she picks one gold and one silver coin, she will get $3 total. If she picks one silver and one bronze coin, she gets $1 total. Let X be her winnings for this game.
- Fill in the pmf table (leave your answers here as fractions).
x 0 1 2 3 4 p(x) - Compute the
expected value . Write your answer as a decimal (as you would a dollar amount): $ .
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