SOLUTION: The ice cream shop has problems with the delivery of the different flavours. As a consequence the shop doesn't have the same amount of flavours every day. In the following table yo

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Question 1020674: The ice cream shop has problems with the delivery of the different flavours. As a consequence the shop doesn't have the same amount of flavours every day. In the following table you see the probability distribution of the different amounts of flavours.
Amount of flavours (probability)
4 (0.14)
5 (0.35)
6 (0.31)
7 (0.20)
What is the mean amount of flavours the ice cream shop sells?

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4 (0.14) product 0.56
5 (0.35) product 1.75
6 (0.31) product 1.86
7 (0.20) product 1.40
Expected value is the sum, or 5.57