Choose the One Alternative That Best Completes the Statement or Answers

question 287

Multiple Choice

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Write a mathematical expression for the quantity described verbally.
-Two more than $5 \%$ of a number $x$

• A) \(5 x + 2\)
• B) \(0.05 + 2 \mathrm { x }\)
• C) \(0.5 x + 2\)
• D) \(0.05 x + 2\)

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Definitions:

Expected Value

The long-run average value of repetitions of an experiment it represents, often used in probability and statistics.

Independent Replications

Separate instances of an experiment or simulation that are conducted independently to ensure variability in results is due to the process rather than randomness.

Probability

The measure of how likely it is for an event to occur, expressed as a number between 0 (impossible) and 1 (certain).

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