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Calculate expected car-wash earnings

Let XX be the number of cars passing through a car wash between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm on a sunny Friday, with probability distribution

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P(X=x)P(X=x)1/121/121/121/121/41/41/41/41/61/61/61/6

The manager pays the attendant Y=2X−1Y=2X-1 dollars. Find the attendant’s expected earnings for this time period.

CJC · Lecture · Example 10

Name the events, identify the sample space, and state which outcomes or conditions are being counted.

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