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Randolph College and Salem College are within 20 miles
of each other, and the students at each college frequently
date. The students at Randolph College are debating how
good their dates are at Salem College. The Randolph
students have sampled several hundred of their fellow
students and asked them to rate their dates from 1 to 5
(where 1 is excellent and 5 is poor) according to physical
attractiveness, intelligence, and personality. Following are
the resulting probability distributions for these three traits:

Transcribed Image Text:Physical Attractiveness
Probability
.27
1
35
3
.14
4
.09
.15
1.00
Personality
Intelligence
1
Probability
.10
Probability
.15
1
2
.16
2
.30
3
.45
3
33
4
.17
4
.07
.15
1.00
5
.12
1.00
Simulate 20 dates and compute an average overall rating
of the Salem students.
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