While writing a paper on making decisions in groups, Peter researched the number of members on a variety of committees. Number of members Number of committees 26 4 44 2 93 1 96 3 X is the number of members that a randomly chosen committee has. What is the expected value o Write your answer as a decimal.

Respuesta :

The expected value formula would come in handy, it is

[tex]Expected-value=\Sigma\text{ xP(x)}[/tex]

Step 1

Total number of committee = 4 + 2 + 1 +3 = 10

Step 2

probality of picking of (26) = 4/10

probality of picking of (44) = 2/10

probality of picking of (93) = 1/10

probality of picking of (96) = 3/10

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Expected Value = }\frac{4}{10}\times26\text{ + }\frac{2}{10}\times\text{ 44 + }\frac{1}{10}\times93\text{ + }\frac{3}{10}\times\text{ 96 } \\ \text{ = }\frac{104}{10}\text{ +}\frac{88}{10}\text{ + }\frac{93}{10}\text{ + }\frac{288}{10} \\ \text{ = 10.4 + 8.8 + 9.3 + 28.8} \\ \text{ = 57.3} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore expected value = 57.3