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Testing if you're smart. My teacher can solve it in 3 min

Testing if you're smart. My teacher can solve it in 3 min-example-1
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To determine the mean of the given probability distribution, all we have to do is get the sum of the product of the number of cups and its probability.


0(0.05)+1(0.10)+2(0.75)+3(0.10)
0+0.10+1.5+0.3
1.9\approx2

Therefore, the average or the mean number of cups is 2.

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