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2 May, 23:50

Marketing estimates that a new instrument for the analysis of soil samples will be very successful, moderately successful, or unsuccessful, with probabilities 0.3, 0.3, and 0.4, respectively. The yearly revenues associated with a very successful, moderately, or unsuccessful product are $10 million, $5 million, and $1 million, respectively. Let the random variable X denote the yearly revenue of the product. Determine the probability mass function of X. Round your answers to one decimal place (e. g. 98.7).

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  1. 3 May, 03:09
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    (in tabular format)

    x 1 5 10

    p (x) 0.4 0.3 0.3

    Step-by-step explanation:

    probability mass function (PMF) gives us probabilities of possibilities of a random variable. It is usually shown in a tabular format with Random Variable (x) in one column and each associated probability [P (x) ] in its respective column.

    Here, our random variable is the yearly revenues of being "very successful", "moderately successful", and "unsuccessful".

    So we can write [in probability notation]:

    P (x=10) = 0.3

    P (x=5) = 0.3

    P (x=1) = 0.4

    This, in tabular format would be the probability mass function (PMF).

    x 1 5 10

    p (x) 0.4 0.3 0.3
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