SOLUTION: Determine whether each of the distributions given below represents a probability distribution. Justify your answer. (A) x 1 2 3 4 P(x) 0.01 7/12 1/12 1/4 (B) x 3 6 8 P(x)

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Question 620205: Determine whether each of the distributions given below represents a probability distribution. Justify your answer.
(A)
x 1 2 3 4
P(x) 0.01 7/12 1/12 1/4
(B)
x 3 6 8
P(x) 0.24 3/5 0.135

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In order to be a probability distribution, the data must all be positive and the sum of the data must be exactly 1.

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