Examine the Lewis and Clark Expedition

question 103

Essay

Examine the Lewis and Clark expedition. Why did Jefferson want an expedition? What did the expedition discover? How did this knowledge influence the territorial development of the United States?

Calculate probabilities of complex events using fundamental probability rules.

Understand the concept and calculation of conditional probability.

Distinguish between discrete and continuous random variables.

Apply probability concepts to determine the probability distributions for discrete random variables.

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