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Priya and Hadley, fans of this player, calculate the expected value of X is E(X) = 0.80. Priya says, "The probability that this player makes a free-throw is 0.80, on average." Hadley says, "This player will make 0.80 free-throws in his next set of 2." Whose statement is correct based on the expected value? Choose 1 answer: B Only Priya's Only Hadley's Both statements are correct. Neither statement is correct.​

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d. neither

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Only Priya's statement is correct based on the expected value. The expected value of X represents the average or mean number of successful free-throws that the player makes. Therefore, it is correct to say that the probability of making a free-throw is 0.80 on average. Hadley's statement about the next set of 2 free-throws is incorrect because the expected value does not tell us exactly how many free-throws the player will make in a given set, but rather what the average or expected number of successful free-throws will be over a series of trials.

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