document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=233378>Question 233378</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The number of accidents that occur at the intersection<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of Pine and Linden streets between 3 p.m. and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 p.m. on Friday afternoons is 0, 1, 2, or 3, with probabilities<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of 0.84, 0.13, 0.02, and 0.01, respectively.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph this probability distribution. What is the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "expected value for the random variable given the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of accidents? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "of Pine and Linden streets between 3 p.m. and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6 p.m. on Friday afternoons is 0, 1, 2, or 3, with probabilities<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of 0.84, 0.13, 0.02, and 0.01, respectively.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Graph this probability distribution. What is the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "expected value for the random variable given the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "number of accidents?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can't show you the graph on this site.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It is a b.ar graph with 0,1,2,3 on the <BR>\n" );
document.write( "horizontal axis and 0.01,0.2,0.13,and 0.84 on the vertical axis.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To get the expected value multiply each of 0,1,2,3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "by its probability. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then add the products.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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