Answer to Question #315631 in Statistics and Probability for Yen

Question

Find the mean of the probability distribution of a random variable X which can take

only the values 2, 4, 5, and 9, given that P(2)=9/20, P(5)=1/20, P(5)=1/5, and

P(9)=3/10.

Answer 1

$\mu=2*\frac{9}{20}+4*\frac{1}{20}+5*\frac{1}{5}+9*\frac{3}{10}=6.8.$