SOLUTION: The number of people entering Bart's Diner for lunch on Friday is a random variable,N,with distribution Xi 0 1 2 3 Pi .2 .4 .3 ? a) what is P(N = 3)? b) What is the probabi

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Question 625259: The number of people entering Bart's Diner for lunch on Friday is a random variable,N,with distribution
Xi 0 1 2 3
Pi .2 .4 .3 ?
a) what is P(N = 3)?
b) What is the probability that at most two people eat at the diner during lunch on Friday?
c)How many people should Bart expect for lunch at the diner on Friday?

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The number of people entering Bart's Diner for lunch on Friday is a random variable,N,with distribution
Xi 0 1 2 3
Pi .2 .4 .3 ?
a) what is P(N = 3)?
b) What is the probability that at most two people eat at the diner during lunch on Friday?
c)How many people should Bart expect for lunch at the diner on Friday?
Answers:
a) 0.1
b) 0.9
c) 1.3
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