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(a) (at most three lines are in use}
Recall that the pmf of a given value x is the probability of observing that value in the experiment. Refer to the table of pmf values below.
0
1
2
3
4
5 6
p(x) 0.14 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.16 0.08 0.02
X
The probability that at most three lines are in use is the probability of x-values 0, 1, 2, or 3. In other words, P(X ≤ 3) = P(X= 0 or 1 or 2 or
be p(0), so the expression above can be written p(0) + p(1) + p(2) + p
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). We can denote the probability P(X= 0) to
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