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Question 758924: Not really sure where to start on this problem. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Determine whether the distribution is a discrete probability distribution?
x,P(x)
0,0.21
1,0.28
2,0.02
3,0.28
4,0.21
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Q:
Not really sure where to start on this problem. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
Determine whether the distribution is a discrete probability distribution?
x,P(x)
0,0.21
1,0.28
2,0.02
3,0.28
4,0.21
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A:
highlight%28Yes%29, the distribution is a discrete probability distribution
because sum%28P%28x%29%2C+x+=+0%2C+4%29 = 0.21 + 0.28 + 0.02 + 0.28 + 0.21 = highlight%281%29.