SOLUTION: Police Department reports that the probabilities that 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 car thefts will be reported in any given day are 0.091, 0.218, 0.261, 0.209 and 0.125, respectively. Determin

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Question 526087: Police Department reports that the probabilities that 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 car thefts will be reported in any given day are 0.091, 0.218, 0.261, 0.209 and 0.125, respectively. Determine if this is a probability distribution. If not, identify the requirement that is not satisfied
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It is not because the decimals don't add up to 1.
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Ed

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