Question

Destiny, a candy store employee, placed peppermint candies into jars of various sizes. Peppermint candies per jar 187 132 197 9 197 9 7 9 132 9 7 187 9 132 7 9 187 9 197 9 X is the number of peppermint candies that a randomly chosen jar had. What is the expected value o X? Write your answer as a decimal.

Answer 1

We get that the expected value is

`E(X)=(187\cdot3+197\cdot3+132\cdot2+9\cdot8+7\cdot4)/(20)=82.05`