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Question 360983: --------------- QUESTION FOLLOWS --------------------------
How many green elements ae required to make this a legitimate probability distrubtion if there are a total of 50 elements in this sample?
X
red
blue
orange
brown
green




P(x)
0.10
0.10
0.18
0.22
Answer by Fombitz(32388) About Me  (Show Source):
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To be a legitimate distribution, it needs to sum to 1.0 so find P(G).
0.1%2B0.1%2B0.18%2B0.22%2BP%28G%29=1
P%28G%29=0.4
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N%5BG%5D=0.4%2850%29
highlight%28N%5BG%5D=20%29