Given the following probability distribution, what is the expected value of the random variable X?   X P(X) 100 .10 150 .20 200 .30 250 .30 300 .10 Sum 1.00

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Given the following probability distribution, what is the expected value of the random variable X?

 

X P(X)
100 .10
150 .20
200 .30
250 .30
300 .10
Sum 1.00

 

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