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Construct Probability Histograms
-The Produce Manager at a Farmer's Market xx

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Construct Probability Histograms
-The produce manager at a farmer's market was interested in determining how many oranges a person buys when they buy oranges. He asked the cashiers over a weekend to count how many oranges a person bought when they bought oranges and record this number for analysis at a later time. The data is given below in the table. The random variable xx represents the number of oranges purchased and P(x) P ( x ) represents the probability that a customer will buy xx apples. Determine the mean number of oranges purchased by a customer.
x12345678910P(x) 0.050.190.200.250.120.1000.0800.01\begin{array}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}\hline x & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 & 10 \\\hline P(x) & 0.05 & 0.19 & 0.20 & 0.25 & 0.12 & 0.10 & 0 & 0.08 & 0 & 0.01 \\\hline\end{array}


A) 3.973.97
B) 5.505.50
C) 3
D) 4

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