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  • 01-03-2017
  • Mathematics
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Explain why this is or is not a probability distribution.

x
1
2
3
4

P(x)
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.2

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ChandrikaP ChandrikaP
  • 04-03-2017
The sum of p(x) over all possible values of x is 1, that is

∑jpj=1

where j represents all possible values that x can have and pj is the probability at xj.



yes it is probability distribution

all sum is 0.9


all probability between 0 and 1

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