document.write( "Question 581222: Please help I will pay for tutoring if I can get this answer right\r
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document.write( "The number of times the SAT was taken and the number of students are as follow
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document.write( "Number of times Number of students
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document.write( "1 721,769
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document.write( "2 601,325
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document.write( "3 166,736
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document.write( "4 22,299
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document.write( "5 6,730\r
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document.write( "Let x be a random variable indicating the number of times a student takes the SAT. Show the probability for this random vaiable.(to 4 decimals)\r
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document.write( "x=1
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document.write( "x=2
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document.write( "x=3
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document.write( "x=4
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document.write( "x=5\r
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document.write( "My answer was
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document.write( " 1-7217.69
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document.write( "2-3006.62 \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #409045 by ash.ghadge(2)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! probability: p(x) = \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x(no. of attempts of CAT) | f(x)(no. of students | p(x) (probability) \n" ); document.write( " 1 | 721,769 | 721,769/1518,859 = 0.4752 \n" ); document.write( " 2 | 601,325 | 601,325/1518,859 = 0.3959 \n" ); document.write( " 3 | 166,763 | 166,763/1518,859 = 0.1098 \n" ); document.write( " 4 | 22,299 | 22,299/1518,859 = 0.0147 \n" ); document.write( " 5 | 6,730 | 6,730/1518,859 = 0.0044 \n" ); document.write( "---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n" ); document.write( " sum | 1518,859 | 1\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "find sum of all students. it is sum f(x) = 1518,859 \n" ); document.write( "and sum of probabilitis should be 1 always. \n" ); document.write( " |