If a Person Is Randomly Selected from a Certain Town

question 119

Essay

If a person is randomly selected from a certain town, the probability distribution for the number, x, of siblings is
as described in the accompanying table. $$\begin{array} { | c | c | } \hline \mathrm { x } & \mathrm { P } ( \mathrm { x } ) \\\hline 0 & 0.25 \\1 & 0.32 \\2 & 0.22 \\3 & 0.10 \\4 & 0.05 \\5 & 0.04 \\\hline\end{array}$$

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