Determine the distribution for x

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Question: Henry goes to a hardware store. He considers a power drill at $35, a socket wrench set at $56, a set of screwdrivers at $18, a vise at $24, and hammer at $8. He decides independently on the purchases of the individual items, with respective probabilities 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.4, 0.9. Let X be the amount of his total purchases. Determine the distribution for X.

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