Develop a probability distribution

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In Gallup's Annual Consumption Habits Poll, telephone interviews were conducted for a random sample of 1014 adults aged 18 and over. One of the questions was "How many cups of coffee, if any, do you drink on an average day?" The following table shows the results obtained (Gallup website, August 6, 2012).

Define a random variable x = number of cups of coffee consumed on an average day. Let x = 4 represent four or more cups.

Round your answers to four decimal places.

a. Develop a probability distribution for x.

x	*f(x)*
0
1
2
3
4

b. Compute the expected value of x. cups of coffee

c. Compute the variance of x. cups of coffee squared

d. Suppose we are only interested in adults that drink at least one cup of coffee on an average day. For this group, let y= the number of cups of coffee consumed on an average day.

Compute the expected value of y.

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