Consider the following discrete probability distribution:  x P (x) 5 0.1 10 0.15 15 0.25 20 0.5 Calculate the expected value of the random variable.  Calculate the variance of x Calculate the standard deviation of x.

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Consider the following discrete probability distribution:  x P (x) 5 0.1 10 0.15 15 0.25 20 0.5 Calculate the expected value of the random variable.  Calculate the variance of x Calculate the standard deviation of x.
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