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The outcomes of an experiment and the probability of each outcome are given in the table below. Compute the expectation for this experiment.
Outcome Probability
5 0.4
6 0.31
7 0.1
8 0.08
9 0.06
10 0.05

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Answered by GPT 3.5
To compute the expectation for this experiment, we multiply each outcome by its corresponding probability and sum them up.

E(X) = 5*0.4 + 6*0.31 + 7*0.1 + 8*0.08 + 9*0.06 + 10*0.05
= 2 + 1.86 + 0.7 + 0.64 + 0.54 + 0.5
= 6.24

Therefore, the expectation for this experiment is 6.24.

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